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fortune-teller

🇬🇧 UK/'fɔ:tʃən,telə/🇺🇸 US

Definitions

n.

A person who claims to predict the future, often for money, using methods such as palm reading or crystal balls.

算命者;占卜者

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
fortunchance, luck, fortune
+
econnector
+
-other
+
tellto narrate, recount, relate
+
erone who does, agent
=fortune-teller

Common Collocations

  • 1.a fortune-teller predicts算命者预测
  • 2.consult a fortune-teller咨询算命者
  • 3.a street fortune-teller街头算命者

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    At the carnival, a fortune-teller sat in a tent decorated with mysterious symbols.

  • 2.

    She paid the fortune-teller twenty dollars to read her tarot cards.

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