當場數人
最直接的一面：手指點過去，看看人到齊了沒有。
noun · B1
The act of counting how many people are in one place at one time, usually to check that nobody is missing. You do a head count or take a head count.
點人數
核心畫面
Picture a finger moving along a row of people: one, two, three. Nobody is asked for a name. All you want is the total, and whether the total matches the number you expected. That finger works at a bus door, at a dinner table, and on a trail. Slide the same finger down a column in a and you get the company use: how many people are on the staff, counted as a plain number.
可以想成一根手指沿著一排人點過去：一、二、三。沒有人被問名字。你要的只是總數，還有這個總數跟預期的合不合。這根手指可…更多收起
可以想成一根手指沿著一排人點過去：一、二、三。沒有人被問名字。你要的只是總數，還有這個總數跟預期的合不合。這根手指可以出現在公車門口、餐桌邊、步道終點。把同一根手指移到試算表的一欄上往下滑，就變成公司裡的用法：帳上有幾個人，算成一個數字。Two branches
帳上的人數
同樣是數人頭，只是這次數在報表上，數出來的是公司的編制人數。
noun · B2
The number of people a company employs, counted as a total. This is a business use, and it can be used with or without 'a': the head count rose, or we have head count for two more people.
員工人數