词典释义：
直接购买的；非处方的；不通过证券交易系统的
These tablets are available over the counter.
这些药片不用处方就可买到。
He leaned over the counter so his face was almost level with the boy's.
他俯在柜台上，这样他的脸几乎和那男孩的脸一样高。
Are you taking any other medicines whether on prescription or bought over the counter?
你还要其他药吗，不管是处方药还是非处方药？
Can you get it over the counter?
那你能把它从柜子上拿下来吗？
You buy expensive over the counter medications.
你到柜台购买昂贵的药物。
by ordinary retail purchase, with no need for a prescription or licence
（不要处方或许可）直接购买的，非处方的[as modifier]
非处方药。
(of share transactions)taking place outside the stock exchange system
（证券买卖）不通过证券交易系统的。
We chose over the counter cough medications.
我们选择咳疾治疗作为对象。
《Predictably Irrational》《怪诞行为学》
Right now, John, the stock trades over the counter at 10 cents a share.
就是现在 John这支股票场外交易价格是10美分一股。
《The Wolf of Wall Street》《华尔街之狼》
Please, let's go home. See, he and this Wolfshiem, they bought up drugstores. And sold bootlegged alcohol over the counter.
求你了，咱们回家吧。他和沃尔夫山姆这家伙买下了很多杂货店，暗地里贩卖私酒。
《The Great Gatsby》《了不起的盖茨比》
