- 1愛打小報告的人、告狀精（美式，小孩子在用的話；英式說 telltale）
A tattletale is someone who tells an adult, a teacher, or a person in charge about the small bad things another child did. It is children's language, American English — British children say 'telltale' or 'sneak'. It is an insult, though a small one: the child who is called a tattletale is being told that reporting your friends is worse than whatever they did. Adults use it back to children too ('don't be a tattletale'), and here is the honest problem with it — grown-ups sometimes use the word to silence a child who is reporting something real and serious. That is worth saying out loud to your students. It is also used as an adjective for something that gives a secret away: a tattletale stain, a tattletale grey. Adults rarely use it about other adults; for that, English says 'snitch' or 'informer'.
組成tattle (to chatter, to tell other people's business) + tale (a story, a report). Literally 'someone who tattles tales'.
同家族的字
- tattlethe first half — to gossip or report on someone
- telltalethe British twin, built the same way from tell + tale
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tattletaleadj/ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
- 1
telltale; giveaway
tattletalenoun/ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
- 1
One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.
- 2
One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.
tattletaleverb/ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
- 1
To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose.
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