Countdownとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

count down (三人称単数 現在形 counts down, 現在分詞 counting down, 過去形および過去分詞形 counted down)

1. To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event.

   The sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.

2. To await a precisely timed expected event.

   The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.

関連する語

• countdown

語源

From count +‎ down.

発音

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn/

名詞

countdown (複数形 countdowns)

1. A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
2. The acts of preparation carried out during this period.
3. A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order ending with the No. 1.

動詞

countdown (三人称単数 現在形 countdowns, 現在分詞 countdowning, 過去形および過去分詞形 countdowned)

1. (nonstandard) To count down.
   • 1994, Yifeng Yuan, Polarized fluorescence photobleaching for measuring fast rotational motion of cell surface receptors:

     This was accomplished in the old system by polling a software variable representing the number of prebleach bin and issuing a software command to trigger the AOM once the variable has countdowned to zero.

   • 2000, Stephen Mark Cox, Cluck:

     Time measures itself out in a series of diminishing peristaltic ticks, countdowning slowly towards the miracle of Ignition.

   • 2003, Edward Stone Cohen, Firewater, →ISBN, page 129:

     Whole families stood gawking at the massive statue, countdowning the five remaining minutes to the big one.