"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).
权威例句
1. a foul-mouthed teller of lies
满嘴脏话的撒谎者
2. Mr. Smith takes the biscuit as a story teller.
史密斯先生讲故事是无与伦比的.
3. The teller is adding up her receipts.
出纳员正把所收的款项加起来.
4. A fortune - teller flimflamed her out of her savings.