caller

英 [ˈkɔːlə(r)]

美 [ˈkɔːlər]

n.  打电话者; 访问者; 来访者; (方形舞或乡村舞中)喊出舞步的指挥

复数：callers　

计算机

Collins.2 / BNC.7771 / COCA.4421

牛津词典

noun

• 打电话者
  a person who is making a telephone call
  1. The caller hung up.
     打电话的人挂断了电话。
  2. an anonymous caller
     打匿名电话的人
• 访问者；来访者
  a person who goes to a house or a building
• （方形舞或乡村舞中）喊出舞步的指挥
  a person who shouts out the steps for people performing a square dance or country dance

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 打电话的人
  Acalleris a person who is making a telephone call.
  1. An anonymous caller told police what had happened.
     有人打匿名电话向警方报告了所发生的事。
• N-COUNT 来访者;探望者
  Acalleris a person who comes to see you for a short visit.
  1. She ushered her callers into a cluttered living-room.
     她把来人领进凌乱不堪的客厅。

英英释义

noun

• a social or business visitor
  1. the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company
  Synonym:company
• the person initiating a telephone call
  1. there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone
  Synonym:caller-upphonertelephoner
• the person who convenes a meeting
  1. who is the caller of this meeting?
• someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
  1. the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner
• a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
  1. you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing
  Synonym:caller-out
• the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
• an investor who buys a call option

adj

• fresh
  1. caller fish
• providing coolness
  1. a cooling breeze
  2. `caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'

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