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A seer is someone said to see into the future and say what will happen — a prophet, a fortune-teller, a visionary in old stories and holy books. It is a slightly literary or biblical word.
A seerA seer is someone said to see into the future and say what will happen是被認為能看見未來、說出將發生什麼事的人——a prophet, a fortune-teller, a visionary in old stories and holy books在古老故事和聖書裡，就是先知、算命師，或是有異象的人。It is a slightly literary or biblical word這是個帶點文學或聖經色彩的字。
In everyday English people more often say fortune-teller, psychic, or prophet, depending on whether they mean a shop-front reader, a mystic, or a religious figure.
In everyday English people more often say fortune-teller, psychic, or prophet在日常英文裡，人們比較常說 fortune-teller、psychic 或 prophet，depending on whether they mean a shop-front reader, a mystic, or a religious figure要看他們指的是店面算命的人、神秘主義者，還是宗教人物。
Built as see + -er, “one who sees,” but this sense is not “a person with working eyes.” It is someone believed to see what has not happened yet, or a hidden truth.
Built as see + -er, "one who sees,"這個字是 see 加上 -er 組成的，也就是「會看見的人」，but this sense is not "a person with working eyes."但這個意思不是「一個眼睛能看的人」，It is someone believed to see what has not happened yet, or a hidden truth而是被相信能看見還沒發生的事，或是一個隱藏的真相的人。
Pronounce it with two beats, like see-er, not like sear (to burn meat in a pan). Though actually, in very old or poetic use a seer can also be simply “one who sees a vision”; the future-telling sense is the one meet in stories.
Pronounce it with two beats, like see-er唸的時候要分成兩個音節，像 see-er 一樣，not like sear (to burn meat in a pan)不要唸成 sear（用平底鍋把肉煎出焦香的那個字）。Though actually, in very old or poetic use a seer can also be simply "one who sees a vision"不過其實，在很古老或詩意的用法裡，seer 也可以單純是「看見異象的人」；the future-telling sense is the one learners meet in stories學習者在故事裡遇到的，通常是預知未來這個意思。
組成see + -er (the person who does it). Here, one who “sees” what is coming, not merely one who uses their eyes.
同家族的字
- seethe verb this is built from
原始詞典資料4 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。
seernoun詞源 1/sɪə(ɹ)/
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One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
- "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."
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One who sees something; an eyewitness.
- As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。