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n.倒数计秒

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count=to count(计算)

countdown


n ~ (to sth)
(a) [C] counting seconds backwards to zero before firing a rocket, etc 倒数秒.
(b) [sing] (fig 比喻) period immediately before sth important happens 大事临近的时期
*the countdown to the local election 地方选举日益临近的时候.

countdown


n [C usually singular]
the period of time before something happens, such as a spacecraft being launched, when someone counts backwards until the event happens
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