- with obj. determine the total number of (a collection of items)点…的数目, 数; 记数：
I started to count the stars I could see
我开始数我所能见到的星星
they counted up their change.
他们点了一下零钱的总数。
- no obj. recite numbers in ascending order, usually starting at the number one（一般从1开始）数数：
hold the position as you count to five.
数到5时将姿势保持住。
- no obj.
count down
recite or display numbers backwards to zero to indicate the time remaining before the launch of a rocket or the start of an operation（火箭发射或行动开始前）倒读数; 倒计时： the floor manager pointed at the camera and counted down.
舞台监督指着摄像机, 开始了倒读数。
- no obj.
count down
prepare for a significant event in the short time remaining before it（对重大事件的即将到来）作好充分准备, 进行倒计时： with more orders expected, the company is counting down to a bumper Christmas.
考虑到还会有更多的订单, 公司正在为一个“丰收”的圣诞节作好充分准备。
- with obj. take into account; include把…考虑在内; 包括：
the staff has shrunk to four, or five if you count the European director.
工作人员已减少到只剩四个人了, 或者说五个, 如果你把那个欧洲主管考虑在内的话。
count someone in
include someone in an activity or the plans for it将（某人）算入（某项活动或活动计划）：if the project gets started, count me in.
工程要是上马, 请把我也算在内。
- consider (someone or something) to possess a specified quality or fulfil a specified role认为; 看作; 算作：
she met some rebuffs from people she had counted as her friends
她遭到了被她看作朋友的一些人的冷遇
with obj. and complement I count myself fortunate to have known him.我认为自己认识他很幸运。
- no obj. be regarded as possessing a specified quality or fulfilling a specified role被看作; 被当成：
results which are consistent with all models cannot count as evidence for any of them.
与所有模型都相符的结果不能成为其中任何一个的证据。
- no obj. be significant有意义, 重要：
it did not matter what the audience thought - it was the critics that counted.
观众的想法不要紧——重要的是评论家们的意见。
- (of a factor) play a part in influencing opinion for or against someone or something（某个因素）在影响舆论方面起作用, 有影响：
he hopes his sporting attitude will count in his favour.
他希望他光明正大的态度会对他有好处。
count for
be worth (a specified amount)有（某种）价值（或重要性）：he has no power base and his views count for little.
他没有权力基础, 所以他的观点无关紧要。
count towards
be included in an assessment of (a final result or amount)被计入（最终结果或数量）的评估中：reduced rate contributions do not count towards your pension.
降低了税率的税额不会不影响你的退休金。
count on/upon
rely on依赖; 依靠; 指望：whatever you're doing, you can count on me.
不管你做什么, 你都可以指望得到我的帮助。
- an act of determining the total number of something计数：
at the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding
根据最新的统计数字, 还有15份申请书尚待处理
the party's only candidate was eliminated at the first count.
该党的唯一一位候选人在第一轮筛选中就被淘汰了。
- the total determined by such an action点击的数目, 总数：
there was a moderate increase in the white cell count in both patients.
两个病人的白细胞总数都有小幅增长。
- an act of reciting numbers in ascending order, up to the specified number数数, 点数：
hold the position for five counts
数到5时将姿势保持住
hold it for a count of seven.
数到7再放下。
- an act of reciting numbers up to ten by the referee when a boxer is knocked down, the boxer being considered knocked out if still down when ten is reached（拳击比赛中裁判的）数10（如果被击倒的拳击手不能在数到10时站起即被判为被击倒）。
- a point for discussion or consideration（供讨论或考虑的）事项; 问题：
the programme remained vulnerable on a number of counts.
这个计划在一些问题上, 仍站不住脚。
- Law a separate charge in an indictment【律】（诉状中的）罪状：
he pleaded guilty to five counts of murder.
他承认自己犯有五起谋杀罪。
- the measure of the fineness of a yarn expressed as the weight of a given length or the length of a given weight（纱线的）支数。
- a measure of the fineness of a woven fabric expressed as the number of warp or weft threads in a given length（织物的）经纬密度。
beat the count
- (of a boxer who has been knocked down) get up before the referee counts to ten（被击倒的拳击手）在裁判数到10前站起。
count one's blessings
- be grateful for what one has对自所拥有的东西表示感激。
count the cost
- calculate the consequences of something, typically a careless or foolish action（常指对粗心或愚蠢行为的后果）权衡利弊得失。
count the days（或 hours）
- be impatient for time to pass度日如年; 掰着手指头过日子：
they counted the days until they came home on leave.
他们好不容易才盼来了回家度假的日子。
count something on the fingers of one hand
- used to emphasize the small number of a particular thing［用于强调某物的数量之少］屈指算来, …寥寥可数：
I could count on the fingers of one hand the men I know who are desperate to experience fatherhood.
屈指算来, 我所知道的急于做父亲的人少之又少。
count the pennies
- 见PENNY.
count sheep
- 见SHEEP.
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- proverb don't be too confident in anticipating success or good fortune before it is certain〈谚〉不要蛋未孵出先数小鸡（喻指： 对自己的成功或好运不要指望过早或过高）：
I wouldn't count your chickens - I've agreed to sign the contract but that's all I've agreed to.
不要打如意算盘——我是同意签合同了, 但我只同意了这一点。
keep count（或 a count）
- take note of the number or amount of something记数; 记住…的量：
you can protect yourself by keeping a count of what you drink.
记住你喝了什么, 这有助于保护你自己。
lose count
- forget how many of something there are, especially because the number is so high（尤指因为数字过大）记不清数目：
I've lost count of the hundreds of miles I've covered.
我已记不清走过几百英里了。
out（或 N. Amer. 〈北美〉 亦作 down）for the count
- Boxing defeated by being knocked to the ground and unable to rise within ten seconds【拳击】被击倒后不能在10秒内站起而输掉。
- unconscious or soundly asleep不省人事的; 熟睡的。
- defeated被击败的; 输掉的。
take the count
- Boxing be knocked out【拳击】被击败。
count someone out
- complete a count of ten seconds over a fallen boxer to indicate defeat（拳击中）从1数到10宣告（被击倒的拳击手）失败。
- informal exclude someone from an activity or the plans for it〈非正式〉将（某人）排除在活动或计划外：
if this is a guessing game you can count me out.
如果是猜谜比赛, 你可以不把我算在内。
- (in children's games) select a player for dismissal or a special role by using a counting rhyme（儿童游戏中以数拍子）使落选; 选出。
count something out
- take items one by one from a stock of something, especially money, keeping a note of how many one takes逐一数出（尤指钱）：
opening the wallet I counted out 19 dollars.
我打开钱包, 点出19美元。
- Brit. procure the adjournment of the House of Commons when fewer than 40 members are present〈英〉（出席人数不足40时）使（下议院）休会。
- a foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl伯爵。