countdown
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++count·down /ˈkaʊntdaʊn/ noun [countable usually singular] 1. the period of time before something happens, such as a spacecraft being launched, when someone counts backwards until the event happens 〔发射航天器等事件发生之前的〕倒计时，倒数读秒2 the period of time before an important event, when people become more and more excited about it 倒计时阶段countdown to the countdown to the World Cup 世界杯的倒计时阶段
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countdown• The chart countdown, performed yesterday by Bruno Brookes, is one of Radio One's most popular shows.• Four seperate police forces are monitoring every traveller's vehicle in the four day countdown to midsummer.• So the election countdown has effectively begun, though the poll probably will not be until May or June next year.• The progress of time is paced by weekly fire and boat drills and the countdown of dive days remaining.• As the countdown reaches the two-minute mark, the room seems to tremble.• NASA has stopped the countdown for the space shuttle mission because of technical problems.• The shuttle's tanks have been filled by the time that the countdown reaches the 3 hours mark.count·down nounChineseSyllable
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countdown
count‧down /ˈkaʊntdaʊn/
noun [countable usually singular]
1. the period of time before something happens, such as a spacecraft being launched, when someone counts backwards until the event happens
2. the period of time before an important event, when people become more and more excited about it
countdown to
the countdown to the World Cup
count‧down /ˈkaʊntdaʊn/
noun [countable usually singular]1. the period of time before something happens, such as a spacecraft being launched, when someone counts backwards until the event happens
2. the period of time before an important event, when people become more and more excited about it
countdown to