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caller

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Telephone, telegraph
call·er /ˈkɔːlə $ ˈkɒːlər/ noun [countable]  1 TCTsomeone making a telephone call 打电话者,来电者 ‘Could you hold for one moment?’ he asked the caller. 请稍等片刻好吗?他对打电话来的人说。2. VISIT old-fashioned someone who visits your house 到访者,客人
Examples from the Corpus
callerHold on please, I have an overseas call for you. Go ahead, caller.When that happens, dialing the wrong area code could connect callers with the wrong home or business.I don't seem to have many callers these days.When answering the door, always check the identity of callers.Some callers immediately show their true colors.Did the caller leave a number?I hope the caller was impressed.Sheffield said the callers would sometimes describe to him what he did that day.Didn't the caller say who she was?The caller complained about racial slurs made by co-workers at the company.The caller was still on the line, Rain had to give him her attention.The caller claimed three incendiary devices had been planted at the Vineyards.
From Longman Business Dictionarycallercal‧ler /ˈkɔːlə-ər/ noun [countable] the person who makes a phone callThe caller didn’t leave their number.
call·er nounChineseSyllable
Business making telephone a Corpus someone call


caller
caller /ˈkɔːlə $ ˈkɒːlər/ noun [countable]
1. someone making a telephone call:
    ‘Could you hold for one moment?’ he asked the caller.
2. old-fashioned someone who visits your house


call·erBrE /ˈkɔːlə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːlər/ 🔊 nouna person who is making a telephone call 打电话者The caller hung up. 打电话的人挂断了电话。🔊🔊an anonymous caller打匿名电话的人a person who goes to a house or a building 访问者;来访者a person who shouts out the steps for people performing a square dance or country dance (方形舞或土风舞中)喊出舞步的指挥