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单词 counter
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counter

noun
 
/ˈkaʊntə(r)/
/ˈkaʊntər/
Idioms
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  1.  
    a long flat surface over which goods are sold or business is done in a shop, bank, etc.
    • behind the counter I asked the woman behind the counter if they had any postcards.
    Wordfinder
    • assistant
    • buy
    • counter
    • display
    • fitting room
    • promotion
    • sale
    • shop
    • store
    • till
    Extra Examples
    • He pushed the money across the counter to her.
    • He works at the meat counter.
    • Mary served behind the counter at Bacon's for a few hours a week.
    • She handed me my coffee over the counter.
    • The assistant behind the counter gave a curt nod.
    • The barman wiped down the counter in silence.
    • There was a line of people waiting at the checkout counter.
    • They sat on high stools at the bar counter.
    • all the goods on the counter
    • an airline check-in counter
    • post office counter staff
    Topics Shoppingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • checkout
    • post office
    • shop
    verb + counter
    • serve at
    • serve behind
    • work at
    counter + noun
    • top
    • staff
    preposition
    • across a/​the counter
    • at a/​the counter
    • behind a/​the counter
    See full entry
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    (also countertop)
    (both North American English)
    (British English worktop, work surface)
    a flat surface in a kitchen for preparing food on
    • She put her bags down on the kitchen counter.
    • The kitchen had black marble counter tops.
    Topics Cooking and eatingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • checkout
    • post office
    • shop
    verb + counter
    • serve at
    • serve behind
    • work at
    counter + noun
    • top
    • staff
    preposition
    • across a/​the counter
    • at a/​the counter
    • behind a/​the counter
    See full entry
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    a small disc used for playing or scoring in some board games
    see also bargaining counterTopics Games and toysc2
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    (especially in compounds)
    an electronic device for counting something
    • The needle on the rev counter soared.
    • You need to reset the counter.
    see also Geiger counter
  5. a person who counts something, for example votes in an election
    • You can get computers to help the counters to count the votes.
    see also bean counter
  6. [usually singular] counter (to somebody/something) (formal) a response to somebody/something that opposes their ideas, position, etc.
    • The employers' association was seen as a counter to union power.
    Extra Examples
    • The government's programme should be an effective counter to unemployment.
    • an effective counter to the blandness of modern culture
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • effective
    preposition
    • counter to
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  7. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French conteor, from medieval Latin computatorium, from Latin computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’. noun sense 5 late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-.
Idioms
over the counter
  1. goods, especially medicines, for sale over the counter can be bought without a prescription (= written permission from a doctor to buy a medicine) or special licence
    • These tablets are available over the counter.
    • This kind of medication cannot be bought over the counter.
    see also over-the-counterTopics Shoppingc2, Social issuesc2
under the counter
  1. goods that are bought or sold under the counter are sold secretly and sometimes illegally
    • Pornography may be legally banned but it is still available under the counter.
    see also under-the-counterTopics Crime and punishmentc2

counter

verb
 
/ˈkaʊntə(r)/
/ˈkaʊntər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they counter
/ˈkaʊntə(r)/
/ˈkaʊntər/
he / she / it counters
/ˈkaʊntəz/
/ˈkaʊntərz/
past simple countered
/ˈkaʊntəd/
/ˈkaʊntərd/
past participle countered
/ˈkaʊntəd/
/ˈkaʊntərd/
-ing form countering
/ˈkaʊntərɪŋ/
/ˈkaʊntərɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive, intransitive] to reply to somebody by trying to prove that what they said is not true
    • counter somebody/something Such arguments are not easily countered.
    • counter that… I tried to argue but he countered that the plans were not yet finished.
    • counter (somebody) + speech ‘But I was standing right here!’ he countered.
    • counter (somebody/something) with something Butler has countered with a lawsuit against the firm.
  2.  
    [transitive] counter something to do something to reduce or prevent the bad effects of something synonym counteract
    • Businesses would like to see new laws to counter late payments of debts.
    Extra Examples
    • It's often necessary to counter negative images with positive images.
    • The effects of job losses in manufacturing were countered by the creation of more jobs in the service industries.
    • We need more imaginative policies to counter global warming.
  3. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French conteor, from medieval Latin computatorium, from Latin computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’. noun sense 5 late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-.

counter

adverb
/ˈkaʊntə(r)/
/ˈkaʊntər/
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  1. counter to something in the opposite direction to something; in opposition to something
    • The company's plans run counter to local development guidelines.
    Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French conteor, from medieval Latin computatorium, from Latin computare ‘calculate’, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’. noun sense 5 late Middle English: from Old French contre, from Latin contra ‘against’, or directly from counter-.
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