1long flat surface櫃枱ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUNTER | COUNTER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤checkout, post office, shop, store (NAmE) 收款台;郵局櫃枱;商店櫃枱◇There was a line of people waiting at the checkout counter.收款台前有一隊等候結賬的人。➤cosmetic, cosmetics, make-up化妝品專櫃➤deli, delicatessen, meat熟食櫃枱;肉類櫃枱◇He works at the meat counter.他在肉類櫃枱工作。➤bar, lunch (NAmE) 吧台;午餐櫃枱◇They sat on high stools at the bar counter.他們坐在吧台旁的高凳上。➤check-in, reception, ticket (especially NAmE) 登記/接待/售票櫃枱◇an airline check-in counter航空公司辦理登機手續的櫃枱➤bathroom, kitchen, sink (NAmE) 浴室盥洗台;廚房操作台;洗滌池台◇She put her bags down on the kitchen counter.她把袋子都放在廚房的操作台上。➤Formica™, glass, granite, marble, wooden福米加塑料貼面/玻璃/花崗岩/大理石/木質櫃枱VERB + COUNTER➤serve at, serve behind, work at, work behind當店員;在櫃枱工作◇Mary worked behind the counter at Bacon's for a few hours a week.瑪麗每週在培根酒吧當幾個小時的吧台服務員。➤wipe, wipe down擦櫃枱;把櫃枱擦乾淨◇The bartender wiped down the counter in silence.酒吧招待默不作聲地把櫃枱擦乾淨了。➤approach走近櫃枱◇He approached the counter and showed his ticket.他走近櫃枱,出示了他的票。COUNTER + NOUN➤top (especially NAmE) 台面◇The kitchen had black marble counter tops.廚房是黑色的花崗岩台面。➤staff (BrE) 櫃枱工作人員◇post office counter staff郵局櫃枱工作人員PREPOSITION➤across a/the counter從櫃枱的一邊到另一邊◇He pushed the money across the counter to her.他把錢從櫃枱上推過去給她。➤at a/the counter, behind a/the counter在櫃枱邊;在櫃枱後◇The assistant behind the counter gave a curt nod.櫃枱後的售貨員匆匆地點了下頭。➤on a/the counter在櫃枱上◇all the goods on the counter櫃枱出售的所有商品➤over the counter (oftenfigurative) 經由櫃枱;(買藥)不憑處方◇She handed me my coffee over the counter.她把我的咖啡從櫃枱上方遞給我。◇This kind of medication cannot be bought over the counter (= without a prescription).這種藥需憑處方購買。counter
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2action used to prevent sth反作用ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤effective有效的反作用PREPOSITION➤counter to對⋯的反作用◇an effective counter to the blandness of modern culture對缺乏生氣的現代文化的有效反擊