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countdown

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🔊/ˈkaʊntdaʊn/
🔊/ˈkaʊntdaʊn/
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  1. [singular, uncountable] countdown (to something) the action of counting numbers backwards to zero, for example before a spacecraft is launched倒数读秒，倒计时（如发射宇宙飞船时）
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  2. [singular] countdown (to something) the period of time just before something important happens大事临近的时期
    • the countdown to the wedding婚礼的临近

Countdown

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  1. a popular British television show which began in 1982 and in which competitors play games involving letters and numbers. It was the first programme to be shown on Channel Four.