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单词 abacus
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abacus

(æbəkəs)
Word forms: plural abacuses
countable noun
An abacus is a frame used for counting. It has rods with sliding beads on them.

abacus in British English

(ˈæbəkəs)
nounWord forms: plural -ci (-ˌsaɪ) or -cuses
1. 
a counting device that consists of a frame holding rods on which a specific number of beads are free to move. Each rod designates a given denomination, such as units, tens, hundreds, etc, in the decimal system, and each bead represents a digit or a specific number of digits
2.  architecture
the flat upper part of the capital of a column
Word origin
C16: from Latin, from Greek abax board covered with sand for tracing calculations, from Hebrew ābhāq dust

abacus in American English

(ˈæbəkəs; occas. əˈbækəs)
nounWord forms: plural ˈabacuses or ˈabaˌci (ˈæbəˌsaɪ)
1. 
a frame with beads or balls that can be slid on wires or in slots, for doing or teaching arithmetic
2.  Architecture
a slab forming the uppermost part of the capital of a column
Word origin
L < Gr abax (gen. abakos), counting board, slab

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Examples of 'abacus' in a sentence
abacus

For all it taught me, it might as well have been an abacus.
Murray, Stephen DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2001)
Hanuman snapped his finger and began spinning red beads around the wires of the abacus.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2001)
Mike Tong, however, was unruffled by their jokes; he was too busy toting up accounts on his abacus.
Adair, Tom (Intro) THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES (2001)
Unlike an abacus, the pearls were free to jump up or down in the parallel rows.
Elizabeth Lowell PEARL COVE (2001)

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