SCCSECRETunder-the-counter goods are bought or sold secretly, especially because they are illegal 〔商品〕暗中[私下]成交的;违法交易的
Examples from the Corpus
under the counter• There's pots to wash and a broomunder the counter.• Yet we all know that it goes on - under the counter, as it were.• That box of sparkplugsunder the counter is a cache.• This time you bring back a whole box of plugs to put under the counter.• Then he reached under the counter for his slimgreenledgers.• And they sellunder the counter, you know.• Without waiting to lift the flap she slippedunder the counter.
under the countern
nSECRETif you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally
It’s risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.
under-the-counter• Nothing under-the-counter about the six Salomes.• Cynics would suggest that an under-the-counterversion of this system still applies - but they would be wrong.
SECRETif you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally 〔购物〕秘密地,暗地里〔通常违法〕
It’s risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.
虽然有些冒险,但你可以通过秘密渠道买酒。
Examples from the Corpus
under the counter• There's pots to wash and a broomunder the counter.• Yet we all know that it goes on - under the counter, as it were.• That box of sparkplugsunder the counter is a cache.• This time you bring back a whole box of plugs to put under the counter.• Then he reached under the counter for his slimgreenledgers.• And they sellunder the counter, you know.• Without waiting to lift the flap she slippedunder the counter.