counting rod

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.
    — In recent archaeological excavations a number of ancient counting-rods have been unearthed. More than 30 rods were found in August 1971 in Qianyang County of Shaanxi Province.
    Ancient China's Technology and Science

词形变化

counting rods plural

词源

Calque from Chinese 算籌／算筹 (suànchóu).
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