fortune-teller
UK/'fɔ:tʃən,telə/US
Definitions
n.
A person who claims to be able to predict someone's future.
算命者，占卜者
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedfortunechance, luck, fortune
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tellerroot
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fortune (your fate, in its old sense — not money) + teller (one who tells/reckons) = someone who reckons out and reveals what fate holds. tell here keeps its oldest 'count/reckon' flavor: she counts your future from cards or palm lines.
Common Collocations
- 1.consult a fortune-teller请教算命者
- 2.a fortune-teller predicts算命者预测
- 3.a street fortune-teller街头算命者
Example Sentences
- 1.
A fortune-teller at the fair offered to read her palm.
- 2.
He doesn't believe a fortune-teller can predict anything real.