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单词 abacus
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abacus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæb.ə.kəs/us
/ˈæb.ə.kəs/

abacusnoun[C](COUNTING TOOL)

asquareorrectangularframeholdinganarrangementofsmallballsonmetalrodsorwires, used forcountingor for doingcalculations
算盘
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abacusnoun[C](IN BUILDING)

architecturespecialized
aflatslab(=pieceofstone, etc.)at thetopof acolumn
（圆柱）顶板
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(Definition ofabacusfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
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  • This all seems to point to the art of dispensing with the use of the abacus or counting table.

abacus| American Dictionary

abacus
noun[C]
us
/ˈæb·ə·kəs,əˈbæk·əs/
aframethatholdsthinmetalrodswithballsthatslideon them, used forcounting,adding, andsubtracting
(Definition ofabacusfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Only one out of three had even heard of anabacus.
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The police national computer will be a mereabacuscompared with the computer required to administer the national identity card scheme.
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I think that somebody has run away with theabacusas the scheme will clearly cost considerably more.
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In this interesting context, he suggested thatabacusman had no heart, compassion or feeling.
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I have only a simpleabacus; how can it be so?
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He is particularly rewarded if he foresees it and produces, say, a pocket calculator in place of anabacus; or even, these days, produces a pocket computer.
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I have not used a slide rule, calculator orabacusto do the calculation, although before the end of the debate we may need anabacus.
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An inverted kalasha adorns the top, which also has a corbelledabacus.
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Machines for calculating fixed numerical tasks such as theabacushave existed since antiquity, aiding in computations such as multiplication and division.
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Theirabacusblocks are decorated with volutes containing human and animal figures.
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Each column has a capital of two parts, the upper, on which rests the lintels, being square and called theabacus.
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Using theabacus, find all the products of the divisor from 1 to 9 by reading the displayed numbers.
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The nano-abacushas the potential to be used in a variety of nanotechnological inventions such as the nano-computer.
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The name and logo of this software are based on theabacuscalculation tool.
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The long and fascinating history of theabacusalso turns up time and time again in counting history.
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