abacus [
'æbəkəs]
- I can use abacus skillfully.
我会熟练地打算盘。 - The clerk reckoned the expenditure last week with an abacus.
那位职员用算盘将上周的花销计算出来。 - Can you use an abacus, Mr. Cooper?
库珀先生,请问你会用算盘吗?
abacusabaci[ noun ]- a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
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- a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
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Abacus \Ab"a*cus\ ([a^]b"[.a]*k[u^]s), n.; E. pl. {Abacuses}; L.
pl. {Abaci} (-s[imac]). [L. abacus, abax, Gr. 'a`bax]
1. A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for
drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]
2. A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing
arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or
counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units,
the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
3. (Arch.)
(a) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a
column, immediately under the architrave. See
{Column}.
(b) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or
mosaic work.
4. A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated
compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a
kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
{Abacus harmonicus} (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the
structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument.
--Crabb.
- Now the calculator is where it's at as the slide rule becomes as quaint as the abacus.
- Chess is the oldest of war games, and has been around for about as long as the abacus, the computer's still-thriving precursor. However, chess is less fitting as an ultimate trial than many non-chess players imagine.