| 释义 |
counter1/ˈkaʊntə/n. 1a a long flat-topped fitment in a shop, bank, etc., across which business is conducted with customers (商店、银行等的)柜台 b a similar structure used for serving food etc. in a cafeteria or bar (自助餐厅或酒吧的)快餐柜台，售酒柜台 c N. Amer. [北美] = WORKTOP 2a a small disc used for keeping the score etc. esp. in table games (尤指台、桌游戏的)记分圆盘 b a token representing a coin 代币券 c something used in bargaining; a pawn 筹码；扣压物，人质 a counter in the struggle for power 权力斗争中的筹码 3a an apparatus used for counting 计数器，计算器 b Physics an apparatus used for counting individual ionizing particles etc. 【物理学】(电离粒子)计数器 4 a person who counts something 计数者 □ over the counter by ordinary retail purchase (see also 另见 OVER-THE-COUNTER) 在商店购买，普通零售 □ under the counter (esp. of the sale of scarce goods) surreptitiously, esp. illegally (see also 另见 UNDER-THE-COUNTER)(尤指紧俏商品销售中非法的)暗中交易；偷偷摸摸进行 [Anglo-French count(e)our, Old French conteo(i)r, from medieval Latin computatorium (as COMPUTE)] |