Counter - Meaning, pronunciation, collocation and usage 英漢雙解 | Mr. Ng 線上詞典

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B2 a long, flat, narrow surface or table in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc. at which people are served柜台

There was nobody behind/on the counter when I went into the bank, and I had to wait to be served.我进银行时柜台后没人，我只得等候有人出来服务。

You will find sausages on the meat counter/rolls on the bread counter.你会在肉柜台找到香肠／在面包柜台找到面包卷。

mainly US UK usually worktop, work surface a kitchen counter （厨房）操作台

We stacked the dirty plates on the kitchen counter.我们把脏碟子堆放在厨房的操作台上。

More examples

He asked the man behind the counter to make up a box with a mixed selection of chocolates.

If you want to buy tickets, you need to go to the counter opposite.

The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.

Will passengers waiting to board please go to the ticket counter?

Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.

C2 US also piece a small object used to mark someone's place in some games played on boards（游戏）筹码

a person or machine that counts计数的人；计数器

See also

Geiger counter

to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something反驳；反对；对抗

After the government bombed their camp, the rebels countered with an attack on the capital. 政府轰炸了叛军的营地之后，叛军袭击首都作为还击。

When criticisms were made of the school's performance, the parents' group countered with details of its exam results.当有人对学校的业绩提出批评时，家长团举出具体的考试成绩予以反驳。

Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence.加派了警察进驻该地区以镇压可能出现的暴力事件。

C2 in a way that opposes something相反地；对立地

Bob's decision not to take the job ran counter to his family's expectations.鲍勃不接受这份工作的决定与其家人的期望相悖。

opposing or as a reaction to something反，逆

a counterattack (= an attack on someone who has attacked you)反击；反攻