count

count1
verb
  1. [with obj.]determine the total number of (a collection of items)
    数；记数
    I started to count the stars I could see.
    我开始数我看见的星星。
    they counted up their change.
    他们数着零钱。
    ■[no obj.]recite numbers in ascending order, usually starting at the number one
    （一般从1开始）数数
    hold the position as you count to five.
    数到5之前原地不动。
    ■[no obj.](count down)recite or display numbers backwards to zero to indicate the time remaining before the launch of a rocket or the start of an operation
    （火箭发射或操作开始前的）倒读数；逆序记数
    the floor manager pointed at the camera and counted down.
    舞台监督指着摄像机，开始倒计数。
    ■[no obj.](count down)prepare for a significant event in the short time remaining before it
    （最后时刻）做准备工作
    with more orders expected, the company is counting down to a bumper Christmas.
    因为可能有更多的订货，公司正抓住最后时机为这个可以狠赚一笔的圣诞节准备着。
  2. [with obj.]take into account; include
    考虑；包括
    the staff has shrunk to four, or five if you count the European director.
    工作人员只剩四个了，或者说五个，如果算上欧洲主管的话。
    ■(count someone in)include someone in an activity or the plans for it
    （将某人）算入（活动或计划）
    if the project gets started, count me in.
    如果工程开始，让我也加入。
    ■consider (someone or something) to possess a specified quality or fulfil a specified role
    考虑；认为
    she met some rebuffs from people she had counted as her friends.
    她被她看作朋友的一些人拒绝了。
    [with obj. and complement]I count myself fortunate to have known him.
    我觉得认识他很幸运。
    ■[no obj.]be regarded as possessing a specified quality or fulfilling a specified role
    被看做；被当成
    results which are consistent with all models cannot count as evidence for any of them.
    适合所有模式的结果不能成为其中任何一个的证据。
  3. [no obj.]be significant
    有价值；有意义；有影响
    it did not matter what the audience thought—it was the critics that counted.
    观众的想法不要紧——重要的是评论界的意见。
    ■(of a factor) play a part in influencing opinion for or against someone or something
    （某个因素）有重大影响的
    he hopes his sporting attitude will count in his favour.
    他希望他公平的态度会对他有好处。
    ■(count for)be worth (a specified amount)
    价值（有）
    he has no power base and his views count for little.
    他没有权力基础，所以他的观点无关紧要。
    ■(count towards)be included in an assessment of (a final result or amount)
    被算入（最终结果或数量）
    reduced rate contributions do not count towards your pension.
    降低的税率不影响你的退休金。
    ■(count on/upon)rely on
    依赖；依靠；指望
    whatever you’re doing, you can count on me.
    不管你做什么，你都可以指望我。
noun
  1. an act of determining the total number of something
    数；清点
    at the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding.
    最后仍有15份优秀求职书。
    the party's only candidate was eliminated at the first count.
    该党唯一一位候选人在第一轮就被淘汰了。
    ■the total determined by such an action
    共计；总数
    there was a moderate increase in the white cell count in both patients.
    两个病人的白血球总数都有所增长。
  2. an act of reciting numbers in ascending order, up to the specified number
    （从小到大地）数数
    hold the position for five counts.
    数到5之前原地不动。
    hold it for a count of seven.
    数到7再放下。
    ■an act of reciting numbers up to ten by the referee when a boxer is knocked down, the boxer being considered knocked out if still down when ten is reached
    （拳击比赛中裁判）倒数10（如果拳击手不能在10以内站起即被判为失败）
  3. a point for discussion or consideration
    事项；问题
    the programme remained vulnerable on a number of counts.
    在一些问题上，这个程序仍有懈可击。
    ■(Law)a separate charge in an indictment
    (律)（被控告的）罪状
    he pleaded guilty to five counts of murder.
    他承认五条谋杀罪状。
  4. the measure of the fineness of a yarn expressed as the weight of a given length or the length of a given weight
    （对纱线牢度的）衡量（特定长度的重量或特定重量的长度）
    ■a measure of the fineness of a woven fabric expressed as the number of warp or weft threads in a given length
    （纱线的）支数
常用词组
beat the count
  1. (of a boxer who has been knocked down) get up before the referee counts to ten
    （被击倒的拳击手）在裁判数到10前起来
count one's blessings
  1. be grateful for what one has
    因自己的所有而感激；谢天谢地
count the cost
  1. calculate the consequences of something, typically a careless or foolish action
    计算（多指粗心或愚蠢行为的）结果
count the days (或 hours)
  1. be impatient for time to pass
    他们一直心焦地等到休假回家
    they counted the days until they came home on leave.
count something on the fingers of one hand
  1. used to emphasize the small number of a particular thing
    心焦地等待
    I could count on the fingers of one hand the men I know who are desperate to experience fatherhood.
    用手指数（强调数量极少）。
count the pennies
  1. 见 penny
count sheep
  1. 见 sheep
don't count your chickens before they’re hatched
  1. (proverb)don't be too confident in anticipating success or good fortune before it is certain
    (谚)鸡蛋孵化前，不要数小鸡；成功（或走运）前不要过分有信心
    I wouldn't count your chickens—I've agreed to sign the contract but that's all I've agreed to.
    我不想打如意算盘——我是同意签合同了，但我只同意了这一点。
keep count (或 a count)
  1. take note of the number or amount of something
    记数；记住…的量
    you can protect yourself by keeping a count of what you drink.
    记住你喝了多少，这有助于保护身体。
lose count
  1. forget how many of something there are, especially because the number is so high
    （尤指因为数字过大）忘记数量
    I've lost count of the hundreds of miles I've covered.
    我已记不清走过几百英里了。
out (或 北美 亦作 down) for the count
  1. (Boxing)defeated by being knocked to the ground and unable to rise within ten seconds
    (拳击)被击倒后不能在10秒内站起而输掉
    ■unconscious or soundly asleep
    不省人事；熟睡
    ■defeated
    被击败；输掉
take the count
  1. (Boxing)be knocked out
    (拳击)被击败
语源
  1. Middle English (as a noun): from Old French counte (noun), counter (verb), from the verb computare 'calculate' (see compute)
继承用法
count someone out
  1. complete a count of ten seconds over a fallen boxer to indicate defeat
    （拳击中）从1数到10宣告被击倒的拳击手失败
  2. (informal)exclude someone from an activity or the plans for it
    (非正式)将某人排除在（活动或计划）外
    if this is a guessing game you can count me out.
    如果是猜谜比赛，我就不参加了。
  3. (in children's games) select a player for dismissal or a special role by using a counting rhyme
    （儿童游戏中以数拍子）排除某人；选任特殊位置
count something out
  1. take items one by one from a stock of something, especially money, keeping a note of how many one takes
    逐一数出（尤指取出的钱）
    opening the wallet I counted out 19 dollars.
    我打开钱包，数出19美元。
  2. (Brit.)procure the adjournment of the House of Commons when fewer than 40 members are present
    (英)（下议院）以出席人数不足40为由宣布休会
count2
noun
  1. a foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl
    （相当于英国的）伯爵
派生
countship
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French conte, from Latin comes, comit- 'companion, overseer, attendant' (in late Latin 'person holding a state office'), from com- 'together with' + it- 'gone' (from the verb ire 'go')
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