mid-14c., "table where a money lender does business," from Old French contouer, comptoir (14c.) "counting room, table of a bank," from Medieval Latin computatorium "place of accounts," from Latin computatus, past participle of computare (see compute). Generalized 19c. from banks to shops, then extended to display cases for goods. Phrase under the counter is from 1926.
counter (v.)
"go against," late 14c., from Old French countre "facing opposite" (see counter-). Related: Countered; countering. As an adverb, from mid-15c.; as an adjective, from 1590s.
雙語例句
1. He could just about see the little man behind the counter.
他勉強(qiáng)能看到柜臺(tái)后面的小個(gè)子男人。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.
軍隊(duì)現(xiàn)在似乎已經(jīng)發(fā)起了反攻。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.
商店售貨員靠在柜臺(tái)上漫不經(jīng)心地招呼我。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest.
第二天安全部隊(duì)發(fā)起反擊，鎮(zhèn)壓了騷動(dòng)。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Much of the plan runs counter to European agriculture and environmental policy.