telltale

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering.
只有從他發(fā)紅的眼圈上偶爾能看出他非常疲憊。
The telltale scratches on the lock showed that it had been picked.
留在鎖上的刮痕顯示那鎖曾經(jīng)被撬開過.
No one likes a malicious telltale.
人們痛恨惡毒的告密者.
Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering.
只有從他發(fā)紅的眼圈上偶爾能看出他非常疲憊。
No one likes a malicious telltale.
人們痛恨惡毒的告密者.

allowing a secret to become known
a person, especially a child, who secretly tells someone in authority, especially a teacher, that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble

Something that is described as telltale gives away information, often about something bad that would otherwise not be noticed.