词组 | count down |
释义 | count down 1. count down • count down sth • count sth down to count numbers backwards to zero before an important event starts to happen: ▪ Ok, get ready to count down to midnight - five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Year! ▪ The crowd were counting down the final seconds, when suddenly Eddie Johnson leapt up and scored. countdown n C when someone counts backwards to zero before an important event, especially before a space vehicle is sent into the sky: ▪ The countdown has begun at Cape Canaveral. 2. be counting down the days/weeks etc to be waiting excitedly and impatiently for something good that is going to happen: ▪ Once December arrived, I started counting down the days until I would be home again with my family. +to ▪ "How are you?" "Exhausted. I'm just counting down the weeks to my vacation." |
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