| 词汇 | example_english_tally-stick |
| 释义 | tally stickcollocation in Englishmeanings of tallyand stickThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with stick. tally noun[C usually singular] uk /ˈtæl.i/ us /ˈtæl.i/ a record or count of a number ... See more at tally stick noun uk /stɪk/ us /stɪk/ a thin piece of wood or ... See more at stick Examples of tally stickThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The tallystick is a timeless way of counting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some writers have suggested that it was used as a tallystick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The earliest counting device was probably a form of tallystick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Water clocks, along with sundials, are likely to be the oldest time-measuring instruments, with the only exceptions being the vertical gnomon and the day-counting tallystick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In such a case the message may have been transcribed in notches on the branch, perhaps in the ogham alphabet, or in a fashion similar to the tallystick. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They ensured that the public was given very much better service than that given in the days of the old tally sticks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was the caretaker who put the tally sticks on the boiler and set fire to the place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prior to the popularisation of scorecards, most scoring was done by men sitting on vantage points cuttings notches on tally sticks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Devices such as tally sticks were used to record these obligations and these then became negotiable instruments which could function as money. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The title "tallyman" extended to the keeper of a village pound as animals were often held against debts, and tally sticks were used to prove they could be released. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of tally Go to the definition of stick See other collocations with stick |
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