【字面理解】在柜臺下面
【英文解析】(of goods bought or sold in a shop) secretly or illegally
【中文解析】(商品買賣)秘密地,偷偷摸摸地,非法地
【典型例句】① I bought it under the counter at, half price.我私下用半價買了它。
② Before the revolution, such luxuries were only sold under the counter.革命前,這樣的奢侈導(dǎo)只能件偷地買賣。
【注釋】該習(xí)語源于第二次世界大戰(zhàn)時期,當(dāng)時一些商店 給熟客留一些平時見不到的特殊商品。他們往往把 這些商品藏在柜臺底下,不讓其他客人看到或購買。