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timing

/ˈtaɪmɪŋ/ 名词 B2

中文: 时机、时间选择、正时

  1. The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events. (countable, uncountable) · The key to telling a good joke is timing.· The officials used the latest technology to ensure timing down to the nearest millisecond.
  2. The time when something happens. (countable, uncountable) · perfect timing· The timing of the announcement is related to this months's board meeting.
  3. The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. (uncountable)
  4. An instance of recording the time of something. (countable)

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She said I was only to stay ten minutes and she’s timing me by the clock.”
《Anne of Green Gables》,第124页 · C1
Have your fare ready, and the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine.
《The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes》,第113页 · B2

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