Tell-tale
液面高度指示牌
?? 牛津釋義
tell-tale
n
1 person who reports another's secrets, misdeeds, etc 泄密者; 告發者
Don't be such a tell-tale! 別去告密!
2 mechanical device that serves as an indicator 指示器. adj [attrib 作定語]
revealing or indicating sth 泄露或顯示某事的
a tell-tale blush 泄露真情而呈現的面色緋紅
the tell-tale smell of cigarette smoke, ie revealing that sb has been smoking 明顯的香煙氣味（可見有人吸過香煙）.
?? 詞語組成解析
tell
[tel]
vt. 告訴，說;辨別;吩咐;講述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨別;告訴，吩咐;泄漏;保證;
vi. 泄密，告發;（顏色、聲音等）顯示;識別;
n. [考古學]（古代村落遺址堆積而成的）臺形土墩;[方言]講的話;談話;傳聞;
tale
[tel]
n. 傳說，傳言;（尤指充滿驚險的）故事;壞話，謠言;〈古〉計算，總計;
??? 情景例句
Is that too many?
是不是太多了？
Whom do you want to call?
你要打電話給誰？
But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect.
但他們很快就發覺，化裝的效果有時過分完美了。