teller

英 ['telə] 美['tɛlɚ]
  • n. (美)出纳员;讲述者;讲故事者;计票员
  • n. (Teller)人名;(英、德、葡)特勒

TEM4低频词扩展词汇

词态变化


复数: tellers;

中文词源


teller 银行出纳,提款机,取款机

来自 tell 古义,计算,数数,-er,人。用于指出计,出纳,多见于自动取款机缩写词 ATM, 缩写自 automatic teller machine.

英文词源


teller (n.)
"bank clerk who pays or receives money," late 15c., "person who keeps accounts," agent noun from tell (v.) in its secondary sense of "count, enumerate," which is the primary sense of cognate words in many Germanic languages. Earlier "person who announces or narrates" (c. 1300).

双语例句


1. a foul-mouthed teller of lies
满嘴脏话的撒谎者

来自《权威词典》

2. Mr. Smith takes the biscuit as a story teller.
史密斯先生讲故事是无与伦比的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The teller is adding up her receipts.
出纳员正把所收的款项加起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. A fortune - teller flimflamed her out of her savings.
一个 算命 的将她的积蓄骗光了.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. He is an amusing story teller.
他讲的故事很使人发笑.

来自《用法词典》