Tra từ counter - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.coun‧ter¹ S3 /ˈkaʊntə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑count, ↑recount, ↑counter; verb: ↑count, ↑recount; adjective: ↑countable ≠ ↑uncountable, ↑countless]
[Sense 1-5: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: comptour, from Medieval Latin computatorium 'counting place', from Latin computare; ⇨ ↑compute]
[Sense 6-7: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: conteor, from conter; ⇨ ↑count¹]
[Sense 8: Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: contre, from contre 'against']
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 SYN 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.
II.counter² BrE AmE verb
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: contre; ⇨ ↑counter³]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to say something in order to try to prove that what someone said was not true or as a reply to something:
‘I could ask the same thing of you,’ she countered.
counter an argument/an allegation/a criticism etc
He was determined to counter the bribery allegations.
2. [transitive] to do something in order to prevent something bad from happening or to reduce its bad effects:
Exercise helps to counter the effects of stress.
III.counter³ BrE AmE adjective, adverb
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: contre, from Latin contra; ⇨ ↑contra-]
be/run/go counter to something to be the opposite of something:
Some actions by the authorities ran counter to the President’s call for leniency.

counterhu

◎	['kauntə]
※	danh từ
	■	quầy hàng, quầy thu tiền
		☆	to serve behind the counter
			phục vụ ở quầy hàng, bán hàng
	■	ghi sê (ngân hàng)
	■	máy đếm
	■	thẻ (để đánh bạc thay tiền)
	■	ức ngực
	■	(hàng hải) thành đuôi tàu
	■	miếng đệm lót giày
※	phó từ
	■	đối lập, chống lại, trái lại, ngược lại
		☆	to act counter to someone's wishes
			hành động chống lại ý muốn của một người nào
	〆	to go counter
		✓	đi ngược lại, làm trái lại
※	động từ
	■	phản đối, chống lại, làm trái ngược lại, nói ngược lại
	■	chặn lại và đánh trả, phản công (đấu kiếm, quyền Anh)
※	tiền tố
	■	ngược lại
		☆	counter-attraction
			sức hút ngược lại
	■	chống lại; phản lại
		☆	counter-revolutionary
			phản cách mạng
		☆	counter-productive
			phản tác dụng