Counter

(noun.) table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted.

(noun.) a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens.

(noun.) a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; 'a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot'.

(noun.) game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games.

(noun.) (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers).

(noun.) a person who counts things.

(verb.) speak in response; 'He countered with some very persuasive arguments'.

(adv.) in the opposite direction; 'run counter'.

戴夫校对

• Defarge went back to the counter, and said, Certainly, a little like. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I make no counter-accusations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust, looked like a grave. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Most of the remainder of children's alleged native egoism is simply an egoism which runs counter to an adult's egoism. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• So the boy pipes, as he selects it from his change, and throws it on the counter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But that's my character: if I want a thing I'm willing to pay: I don't go up to the counter, and then wonder if the article's worth the price. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The poor soul confusedly asked the counter-question where she was? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Words, the counters for ideals, are, however, easily taken for ideas. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• On these rods the counters are beaded. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Were they counters in some game? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Wot are them gen'l'men a-settin' behind the counters? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Among these are numbering machines of all kinds, speedometers, cyclometers and counters used on printing presses. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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