释义 |
ˈcounter-ˌscale [counter- 8: cf. counterbalance.] The opposite scale (of the balance); fig. in quots.
c1645Howell Lett. I. i. viii, To compare their University [Leyden] to yours [Oxford], were to cast New-Inne in counterscale with Christ-Church Colledge. 1847De Quincey Sp. Mil. Nun Wks. 1863 III. 4 This little inevitable wreck, when placed in the counter scale to the magnificent purchase of eternal idleness. [Here prob. counter adj.] |