counter
英 ['kaʊntə]
美 ['kaʊntɚ]
- n. 柜台；对立面；计数器；（某些棋盘游戏的）筹码
- vt. 反击，还击；反向移动，对着干；反驳，回答
- vi. 逆向移动，对着干；反驳
- adj. 相反的
- adv. 反方向地；背道而驰地
counter 中文词源
counter 英文词源
- counter
- counter: see count
- counter (n.)
- mid-14c., "table where a money lender does business," from Old French contouer, comptoir (14c.) "counting room, table of a bank," from Medieval Latin computatorium "place of accounts," from Latin computatus, past participle of computare (see compute). Generalized 19c. from banks to shops, then extended to display cases for goods. Phrase under the counter is from 1926.
- counter (v.)
- "go against," late 14c., from Old French countre "facing opposite" (see counter-). Related: Countered; countering. As an adverb, from mid-15c.; as an adjective, from 1590s.
counter 双语例句
1. He could just about see the little man behind the counter. 他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.
- 军队现在似乎已经发起了反攻。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.
- 商店售货员靠在柜台上漫不经心地招呼我。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest.
- 第二天安全部队发起反击，镇压了骚动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Much of the plan runs counter to European agriculture and environmental policy.
- 该计划的很多内容与欧洲农业及环境方面的政策相冲突。
来自柯林斯例句