telly

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Television. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial,countable
    — Not much on telly tonight, as usual!
  2. A hotel or motel. Canada,Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,US
    — I'm staying at the telly this weekend.
  3. A television set. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial,countable
    — We've got a new flat-screen telly.
  4. Telegraph. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial,countable
  5. Telephone. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial,countable
  6. Teleport. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial,countable
  7. Telecommunication. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial,countable
形容词 adj.
  1. Inclined to telling (by explicitly stating facts), instead of showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative). Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial,informal
    — I think my problem with it is that it's a) a little "telly" not "showy" in comparison to the rest […]

词形变化

tellies plural tellys nonstandard,plural tele alternative tellies plural more telly comparative most telly superlative

词汇关系

近义词
tube TV
衍生词
telly tennis

词源

词源 1
Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
词源 2
Shortened form of (ho)tel and/or (mo)tel + -y.
词源 3
From tell + -y, related to the writing advice show, don't tell.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary