"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).
雙語例句
1. a foul-mouthed teller of lies
滿嘴臟話的撒謊者
來自《權威詞典》
2. Mr. Smith takes the biscuit as a story teller.
史密斯先生講故事是無與倫比的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The teller is adding up her receipts.
出納員正把所收的款項加起來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. A fortune - teller flimflamed her out of her savings.