English Dictionary

counter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkaʊ.ɾ̃ɚ/

名詞

インターネット 歴史的

One who counts. / A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator. / An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

日本語の意味

数を数える人、計数者（enumerator, reckoner） / ゲームなどで数を数えたり印として用いられる小さな円盤などの物体

The election needed one skilled counter to ensure every vote was correctly tallied.

選挙では、すべての票が正しく集計されるように、熟練した計数者が一人必要だった。

意味（1）

One who counts.

He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.

意味（2）

A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.

The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed.

意味（3）

An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.

意味（4）

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

意味（5）

(programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.

意味（6）

(Internet) A hit counter.

意味（7）

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted

He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.

意味（8）

A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.

意味（9）

In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

意味（10）

In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.

意味（11）

(curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.

意味（12）

(historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.

He remaynes prisonner in the Counter in Woodstrete in the hole, by the contagiousing wherof he is lyke to perishe

意味（13）

(grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

counters （ plural ）