a current score or amount 得分 that takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games. 这使他在十场比赛中的进球数达到了十个。 ■a record of a score or amount 记录 I kept a running tally of David's debt on a note above my desk. 我把大卫的欠债流水账记录在我桌子上的一个纸条上。 ■a particular number taken as a group or unit to facilitate counting 用作记数单位的数 ■a mark registering such a number 记数单位 ■(亦作 tally stick)(historical)a piece of wood scored across with notches for the items of an account and then split into halves, each party keeping one (史)符木(古代刻痕记数的木签,分成两半,双方各保存一半) ■an account kept in such a way 账单 ■(archaic)a counterpart or duplicate of something (古)对等物,副本
a label attached to a plant or tree, or stuck in the ground beside it, that gives information about it, such as its name and class (对树或植物进行说明的)标志牌,标签
(-ies, -ied)
[no obj.]agree or correspond 同意;一致 their signatures should tally with their names on the register. 他们的签名应当与登记簿上的名字一致。
[with obj.]calculate the total number of 合计;统计 the votes were being tallied with abacuses. 选票用算盘统计。
派生 tallier noun 语源
late Middle English (denoting a notched tally stick): from Anglo-Norman French tallie, from Latin talea 'twig, cutting'. Compare with tail