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单词 fortune-teller
释义

fortune-tellern.

Brit. /ˈfɔːtʃuːnˌtɛlə/, /ˈfɔːtʃ(ə)nˌtɛlə/, /ˈfɔːtjuːnˌtɛlə/, U.S. /ˈfɔrtʃənˌtɛlər/
Etymology: See fortune n. 3d.
One who ‘tells fortunes’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller
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1612 J. Mason Anat. Sorcerie 46 They travelled about the country, as fortune-tellers..and such like do with us.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 240 One Pinch..A thred-bare Iugler, and a Fortune-teller . View more context for this quotation
1728 J. Swift Phyllis in J. Swift et al. Misc. Prose & Verse (ed. 2) II. 134 Long ago a fortune-teller Exactly said what now befel her.
1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xii. 101 The fortune-teller, who, from the lines engraved on the open palm, predicts a destiny.
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