countdown
US
UK countdown n: (backwards count)
SC 倒计数，倒计时 dào jì shù ，dào jì shí
TC 倒數計時
TC 倒數計時
SC 倒数 dào shǔ
TC 倒數(新加坡)
TC 倒數(新加坡)
The crowd held their breath as the countdown to launch began.
countdown n: figurative (period before a deadline) (比喻)
SC 最后期限之前的时期，倒计时时期 zuì hòu qī xiàn zhī qián de shí qī ，dào jì shí shí qī
We're in the final days of the countdown to deadline, so we need to really buckle down.
count down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep: figurative (prepare for, anticipate [sth])
SC 为…作最后的准备 wèi zuò zuì hòu de zhǔn bèi
As soon as one birthday is over, Tommy starts counting down to the next one.
count down vi phrasal: (count back to zero)
SC 倒计时 dào jì shí
TC 倒數計時
TC 倒數計時
SC 倒计数 dào jì shí，dào jì shù
count [sth] down vtr phrasal insep: (count backwards to event)
SC 倒计
SC 倒数 dào shǔ
TC 倒數
TC 倒數
It was almost midnight on New Year's Eve; the crowd in Times Square was counting down the seconds.