Picture someone reaching you from outside — their voice on the line, or in an older world their knock at your door. English uses call for both, so caller covers both: the person on the phone, and the person paying a short visit.

可以想成:有人從外面找上門來——現在是聲音出現在電話那頭,在更早的年代則是敲你家的門。英文的 call 兩件事都用,所以 caller 也兼了兩種身分:打電話來的人,和短暫來訪的客人。今天絕大多數情況指的是前者,後者只在舊時代的敘述裡出現。

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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

callernoun/ˈkɔːlə/

  • 1

    communicationselectrical-engineeringengineeringThe person who makes a telephone call.

    • ―I’ve got someone on the line. ―Who’s the caller?
    • Thaler was arrested in Orono last May when a caller reported that the car she was driving had a shattered rear window and a blown-out tire.
  • 2

    A visitor.

    • a gentleman caller
  • 3

    bingogamesThe person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.

  • 4

    computingengineeringmathematicsA function that calls another (the callee).

    • If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.
  • 5

    A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.

  • 6

    dancedancinghobbiesThe person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。