tell /tel/ vt. (told) 1.告诉，讲，谈（跟单宾语、双宾语和of或about引起的短语）：Tell me the truth. 把实际情况告诉我。She told us what had happened to her. 她给我们讲了她的遭遇。Will you tell me how to do it? 你能告诉我怎么做这件事吗? On the way home my father told me of an incident. 回家的路上，爸爸给我讲了一件小事。Then she told him about herself. 她给他讲了她自己的情况。2. 说：tell a story 说故事；tell a lie 撒谎；tell the truth 说实话(真情) 3.辨别(与can, could, be able to连用)：I can’t tell the difference between them. 我辨不出它们的区别。 Can you tell her from her twin sister?你能分辨出她和她的孪生姐妹吗? 4.断定，说清： It was difficult to tell his exact age. 很难说准他的确切年龄。One can never tell the weather.［谚］天有不测风云。 5.吩咐，让(跟不定式构成的复合宾语)：Who told you to do that?谁让你这么干的? Tell him to wait. 叫他等着。 6. 显露，显示：Time will tell. 时间会暴露一切。Good teaching will always tell. 良好的教学总是会有成果的。7.用于短语动词 tell apart分清：When they were small, the twins looked so alike that I just couldn’t tell them apart. 小时候这对双胞胎长得很像，致使我无法辨别。tell sb. off 非常生气地跟某人说话：She told him off for not doing his homework.由于没有完成家庭作业，她对他很生气。
teller n.［c］1.讲话的人 2.(银行)出纳员 3.(会议等的)计票员
