countdown
倒数
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noun
the launch crews would begin their final countdown
an act of counting numerals in reverse order to zero, especially to time the last seconds before the launching of a rocket or missile.
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Initial data analysis performed last night showed that the 'countdown' , engine ignition and initial phase of flight were normal.
The 'countdown' has begun for the launch of the latest reality TV show from Endemol, the makers of Big Brother, and this really could be the one to end them all.
With the holiday period drawing to a close, for many today will be their final 24 hours free from the toils of labour, before a return to work and the seemingly perpetual 'countdown' to the summer holiday.
The best is a digital 'countdown' timer, but any watch or one-minute hand timer will do.
The 'countdown' has begun for Atlantis to lift off Thursday.
So far he's been seen baiting the crowd with false information, and leading them in a 'countdown' from 10 to zero for no apparent reason.
He pressed the command conformation key, but the 'countdown' didn't cease to stop.
We are fast approaching the 'countdown' to our big event.
As the 'countdown' reached zero he fully squeezed the trigger.
From behind me Ben shouted out a 'countdown' , and then began his eight beat introduction.
A computer monitor ran a 'countdown' silently, reading ‘3: 40,’ and was dropping fast.
The US space agency NASA began its 'countdown' Saturday for tomorrow's rescheduled launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
So in the final 'countdown' , how are they doing, and how are their support crews of officials and friends helping out with last minute preparations?
To commemorate the closing of Veterans Stadium, the Phillies are displaying a 'countdown' banner on the out field wall that shows how many home games remain.
The White House stood shrouded in weekend quiet, but the 'countdown' to war was continuing.
A series of meetings will take place Thursday to discuss the problem and determine the steps necessary to get back into the launch 'countdown' .
Recently, the impregnable force field surrounding this device began to display a 'countdown' clock that suggested it would deliver its message at noon yesterday.
it is hard to imagine the 'countdown' to war continuing without an intensification of diplomacy
Once the 'countdown' reached zero the cart began to move, accelerating rather rapidly.
All the while, we watch as a nuclear bomb starts a 'countdown' to zero.
Libraries across North Wiltshire will resound with festive cheer in the 'countdown' to Christmas with a series of special events for children.
While people are taking to the streets in unprecedented numbers, the 'countdown' to war is inexorably proceeding.
Chris was standing with Chrissy on his arm, both of them watching the large digital 'countdown' clock, which read five minutes.
I will never employ any device with a digital 'countdown' .
When I surfaced, I heard the 'countdown' beginning from ten.
In the 'countdown' to Christmas a host of events are planned, including a new Children's Fair from November 18 to 20 in and around Parliament Street.
This should serve as a timely warning to all as the 'countdown' to Hallowe'en continues.
Living as I do in mainland Europe, every day of the past few months has been a 'countdown' to the Euro.
A clock now marks the 'countdown' to the one-year anniversary.
a key toggles the 'countdown' on and off
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