| 释义 |
abacus/ˈæbəkəs/n. (pl. abacuses) 1 an oblong frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid, used for calculating 算盘 2 Archit. the flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave 【建】柱顶板 [Latin via Greek abax abakos ‘slab, drawing board’ originally in the sense ‘a board strewn with sand, for writing on’, from Hebrew 'ɑˉbɑˉk ‘dust’] |