核心畫面

Two different words share this spelling. The everyday one is the person at the till, sitting with the money box: you hand money over, they hand money back. The other is a formal verb from military life, meaning to strike an officer off the service for serious misconduct — nothing to do with cash at all.

這個拼法底下住著兩個不同的字。日常會遇到的是名詞:櫃檯後面守著錢箱的那個人,你把錢交給他,他把錢找給你。另一個是軍中更多收起這個拼法底下住著兩個不同的字。日常會遇到的是名詞:櫃檯後面守著錢箱的那個人,你把錢交給他,他把錢找給你。另一個是軍中的正式動詞,指因為重大過失把軍官除役——跟錢一點關係也沒有,只是碰巧拼成同一個樣子。看到動詞用法時,不要試著從「收銀」去推它的意思。

From the word’s history

Two separate words, both from the 1590s: the noun is from French caissier "treasurer", from caisse "money box" (possibly via Middle Dutch kassier); the verb is from Middle Dutch casseren "to cast off, discharge", from French casser "to discharge, annul" (Late Latin cassare).

這是兩個各自獨立的字,都在 1590 年代進入英文。名詞來自法文 caissier「司庫」,源頭是 caisse「錢箱」(可能經由中古荷蘭文 kassier);動詞則來自中古荷蘭文 casseren「解除、遣散」,源頭是法文 casser「撤銷、解職」(後期拉丁文 cassare)。一個從「錢箱」來,一個從「撤銷」來,所以不必硬把兩邊連在一起記。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/cashier)

From the picture

開除軍籍

這一支跟收銀沒有意思上的關聯,是拼法相同的另一個字。

dismiss from military service · verb · C1

to make an officer leave the army, navy, or similar service because they have done something seriously wrong.

革職;開除軍籍

Also in this word

person handling payments · noun · A2

someone whose job is to take money from customers or give money out in a shop, bank, or restaurant.

收銀員;出納員

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

cashierverb詞源 1/kəˈʃɪə/

  • 1

    archaicTo dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.

    • His ninth Legion having mutined neere unto Placentia, he presently cassiered the same with great ignominie unto it[…].
    • The recent cashiering for disobedience of orders of a Major-General who is claimed, we know not with what truth, to be of the "conservative" order, has raised this outcry louder and fiercer than ever.
  • 2

    To discard, put away.

    • Today, haute couture is finished, snorts [Pierre] Bergé at his most gallic, no more than a licence to flog scent and handbags, and a pastime for bored supermodels and cashiered pop stars.
    • Once Princess in Love was published, Diana threw both Hewitt and Pasternak under the bus. Besotted to the end, her cashiered toy soldier never revealed whether or not he had done her bidding.
  • 3

    To annul.

cashiernoun詞源 2/kaˈʃɪə/

  • 1

    One who works at a till or receives payments.

    • The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.
    • So when everyone was stopping at the grocery store for one or two things on the way home from work, inundating each express lane with at least ten custies, the cashier on the express lane was due for a break […]
  • 2

    Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.

cashierverb詞源 2/kaˈʃɪə/

  • 1

    To work as a cashier (at a till or receiving payment).

    • The employer places more emphasis on cashiering skills. Taking the customer's money has risen in importance to the point where many stores have specialists whose sole duty is manning the cash registers.
    • The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。