tell noses

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Synonym of count noses (“to count people one at a time; to determine the number of supporters of a particular politician or issue”). archaic
    — Another Noble Lord, my Lord Clare tells you, that he had ſome Diſcourſe with my Lord Howard, and he ſaid, that if he were accuſed, he thought they would but tell Noſes and his busineſs was done.

词形变化

tells noses present,singular,third-person telling noses participle,present told noses participle,past told noses past

词源

From tell (“to count, reckon, or enumerate”) + noses.
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