time

中文： 时间、次、度、遍

1. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. (uncountable) · Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time
2. The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual. (uncountable) · Time flies when you're having fun.
3. A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension. (uncountable) · Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
4. Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy. (uncountable) · Time slows down when you approach the speed of light.
5. The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration. (uncountable) · An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change.
6. A quantity of availability of duration. (uncountable) · More time is needed to complete the project.· You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute.
7. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression. (countable) · a long time· Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.
8. The serving of a prison sentence. (slang, uncountable) · The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time.· He is not living at home because he is doing time.

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