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.
他勉強能看到柜臺后面的小個子男人。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.
軍隊現在似乎已經發起了反攻。
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3. The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.
商店售貨員靠在柜臺上漫不經心地招呼我。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest.
第二天安全部隊發起反擊，鎮壓了騷動。
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5. Much of the plan runs counter to European agriculture and environmental policy.