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词汇 tattler
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Definition of tattler in English:

tattler

noun ˈtatlə
  • 1A person who engages in gossip or who tells tales.

    说闲话的人,搬弄是非的人

    I would never ask a decent man to take up the trade of sneak and tattler
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And at least one tattler has described listening in to the tape itself.
    • ‘Jessie,’ I say, annoyed, ‘I don't like tattlers.’
    • Companies don't expect their HR departments to be ‘tattlers’ (the decent ones don't).
    • He felt that they were just jealous and, anyway, he doesn't like tattlers so he decided to arrive early.
    • Wired has an entertaining celebrity tattler piece on how Hollywood's big names behave when they're in the Apple store.
    • It leads to the Daley Bicentennial Plaza, named for the mayor's tattler, the legendary Richard J. Daley, the city's mayor and political boss for 21 years ending in 1976.
    • Still, a waitress in a diner, who has a daughter who dates the television tattler, and a grandbaby that's in desperate need of a diaper change, may have something to do with it.
    • All these tattlers would do better to consider less subjective reasons for the Scotsman's sales problems.
    Synonyms
    scandalmonger, gossipmonger, tittle-tattler, busybody, muckraker
  • 2A migratory sandpiper with mainly grey plumage, breeding in north-western Canada or eastern Siberia.

    鹬科鸟

    Genus Heteroscelus, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the wandering tattler (H. incanus) of Canada

    Example sentencesExamples
    • More narrowly, the name is given to the wandering tattler (Heteroscelus incanus) and the Polynesian, or gray-rumped, tattler (H. brevipes).

Rhymes

battler, prattler, rattler

Definition of tattler in US English:

tattler

noun
  • 1A person who tattles.

    I would never ask a decent man to take up the trade of sneak and tattler
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wired has an entertaining celebrity tattler piece on how Hollywood's big names behave when they're in the Apple store.
    • He felt that they were just jealous and, anyway, he doesn't like tattlers so he decided to arrive early.
    • And at least one tattler has described listening in to the tape itself.
    • ‘Jessie,’ I say, annoyed, ‘I don't like tattlers.’
    • Companies don't expect their HR departments to be ‘tattlers’ (the decent ones don't).
    • Still, a waitress in a diner, who has a daughter who dates the television tattler, and a grandbaby that's in desperate need of a diaper change, may have something to do with it.
    • It leads to the Daley Bicentennial Plaza, named for the mayor's tattler, the legendary Richard J. Daley, the city's mayor and political boss for 21 years ending in 1976.
    • All these tattlers would do better to consider less subjective reasons for the Scotsman's sales problems.
    Synonyms
    scandalmonger, gossipmonger, tittle-tattler, busybody, muckraker
  • 2A migratory sandpiper with mainly gray plumage, breeding in northwestern Canada or eastern Siberia.

    鹬科鸟

    Genus Heteroscelus, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the wandering tattler (H. incanus) of Canada, noted for its loud cry

    Example sentencesExamples
    • More narrowly, the name is given to the wandering tattler (Heteroscelus incanus) and the Polynesian, or gray-rumped, tattler (H. brevipes).
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