coun‧ter 1 S3 / kaʊntə $ -ər / 名词 [可数名词]

1 the place where you pay or are served in a shop, bank, restaurant etc :

He wondered if the girl behind the counter recognised him.

2 American English a long flat surface on top of a piece of furniture, especially in a kitchen 同义词 worktop British English

3 over the counter drugs, medicines etc that are bought over the counter are ones that you can buy in a shop without a prescription from a doctor

4 under the counter if you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally :

It’s risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.

5 a small object that you use in some games that are played on a board

6 a piece of electrical equipment that counts something :

Set the video counter to zero before you press play. → Geiger counter

7 a computer program that counts the number of people who have visited a website

8 an action that tries to prevent something bad from happening, or an argument that is used to prove that something is wrong

counter to

The road blocks were a counter to terrorist attacks in that area.