英语词汇“counter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

count·er²

(kountər)

1. A flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted, or food is prepared or served.

2. Games A piece, as of wood or ivory, used for keeping a count or a place.

a. An imitation coin; a token.

b. A piece of money.

Idioms:

over the counter

1. Without being listed or available on an officially recognized stock exchange but in trade by direct negotiation between buyers and sellers: bought stocks over the counter.

2. Without a doctor's prescription being legally required: cold medicine that is available over the counter.

under the counter

In an illegal or surreptitious manner; illicitly: arrested for selling prescription drugs under the counter.

[Middle English countour, from Anglo-Norman counteour, from Medieval Latin computātōrium, countinghouse, from Latin computāre, to calculate; see COUNT¹.]

单词	counter
释义	count·er² (kountər) n. 1. A flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted, or food is prepared or served. 2. Games A piece, as of wood or ivory, used for keeping a count or a place. 3. a. An imitation coin; a token. b. A piece of money. *Idioms:* *over the counter* 1. Without being listed or available on an officially recognized stock exchange but in trade by direct negotiation between buyers and sellers: bought stocks over the counter. 2. Without a doctor's prescription being legally required: cold medicine that is available over the counter. *under the counter* In an illegal or surreptitious manner; illicitly: arrested for selling prescription drugs under the counter. [Middle English countour, from Anglo-Norman counteour, from Medieval Latin computātōrium, countinghouse, from Latin computāre, to calculate; see COUNT¹.]
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