tell time

saati okumak

Saatin akrep ve yelkovanına bakarak saatin kaç olduğunu anlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To understand what time a clock shows by looking at its hands.

• Can you tell time yet?
• My daughter learned to tell time at school.
• He tells time easily on a clock with large numbers.

Eş anlamlılar: read a clock, tell the time

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: learn to tell time, tell time correctly

zamanı ölçmek, saati belirlemek

Bir araçtan veya doğadaki değişimlerden yararlanarak saatin kaç olduğunu belirlemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To find out what time it is by using a device or watching natural changes.

• A sundial can tell time.
• Sailors told time by watching the stars.
• How did people tell time before clocks existed?

Nasıl kullanılır: tell time by something (People once told time by the position of the sun.)

Eş anlamlılar: measure time

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: tell time accurately, tell time outdoors