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

under the counter

phrase

If someone buys or sells goods under the counter, they buy or sell them secretly and illegally.

The smugglers allegedly sold the gold under the counter, cheating the VAT man outof £5 million.

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under the counter in British English

(under-the-counter when prenominal)

(of the sale of goods, esp goods in short supply) clandestine, surreptitious, or illegal; not in an open manner

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under-the-counter in British English

(ˈʌndəðəˈkaʊntə)

adjective

(prenominal) counter1 (sense 6)

under the counter in American English

in a surreptitious manner

said of sales, payments, etc. made illegally or unethically

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under-the-counter in American English

(ˈʌndərðəˈkaʊntər)

adjective

Informal

done, sold, given, etc. secretly in an unlawful or unethical way

: also ˈunˈder-the-table (ˈʌndərðəˈteɪbəl)

under the counter

secretly. The usual American expression is under the table.

Most of the trading was done under the counter, through some form of black-marketbarter.

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Most of the trading was done under the counter, through some form of black-marketbarter.He told her and she fed it into a computer hidden from view under the counter.`You'll never get rich that way," he said, and brought out the phone from under the counter.Jeb opened a large drawer under the counter and pulled out an orange pill bottle.

单词	under the counter
释义	under the counter phrase If someone buys or sells goods under the counter, they buy or sell them secretly and illegally. The smugglers allegedly sold the gold under the counter, cheating the VAT man outof £5 million. See full dictionary entry for counter under the counter in British English (under-the-counter when prenominal) (of the sale of goods, esp goods in short supply) clandestine, surreptitious, or illegal; not in an open manner See full dictionary entry for counter under-the-counter in British English (ˈʌndəðəˈkaʊntə) adjective (prenominal) counter1 (sense 6) under the counter in American English in a surreptitious manner said of sales, payments, etc. made illegally or unethically See full dictionary entry for counter under-the-counter in American English (ˈʌndərðəˈkaʊntər) adjective Informal done, sold, given, etc. secretly in an unlawful or unethical way : also ˈunˈder-the-table (ˈʌndərðəˈteɪbəl) under the counter secretly. The usual American expression is under the table. Most of the trading was done under the counter, through some form of black-marketbarter. Examples of 'under the counter' in a sentence under the counter Most of the trading was done under the counter, through some form of black-marketbarter. Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (2001) He told her and she fed it into a computer hidden from view under the counter. MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (2001) `You'll never get rich that way," he said, and brought out the phone from under the counter. Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS (2001) Jeb opened a large drawer under the counter and pulled out an orange pill bottle. Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2001)
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