abacus

UK:  ['æbəkəs]

US:  [ˈæbəkəs]

复数：abacuses  

n.

1.算盘

2.【建】(圆柱顶部的)顶板

1 . Some might argue that dependence on an abacus is no different than dependence upon a calculator, but this is not at all the case.
一些评论说，用算盘计算和使用计算器毫无两样，但是，事实并不是这样。

2 . I picked some kind of online abacus picture, drawing into a tattoo design style, the whole works with a three and a half hours.
我在网上挑选了一些实物的算盘照片，绘画成刺青的图案风格，整个作品用时三个半小时。

3 . The primitive abacus was a board covered with dust or sand on which figures could be treed and then erased.
原始的算盘是一块上面盖满尘土或沙土的板，可以在上面写上数字，然后涂掉。

4 . It definitely embraced them with Abacus, keeping IKB in the dark both about Paulson and its own view of mortgage CDOs.
它显然用Abacus来迎接挑战，既没有让IKB知晓保尔森在该交易中的角色，也没让其知道自己对抵押贷款CDO产品的看法。

5 . "I don't have a problem with the Abacus transaction at all, and I think I understand it better than most, " Buffett said.
“我不觉得Abacus交易存在任何问题，我认为我对这笔交易的理解要超过大多数人。”巴菲特说道。