countdown

n ~ (to sth) (a) [C] counting seconds backwards to zero before firing a rocket, etc 倒数秒. (b) [sing] (fig 比喻) period immediately before sth important happens 大事临近的时期: the countdown to the local election 地方选举日益临近的时候.

council estate, council flat, council house, council house, council-chamber, councillor, councillor (US also councilor), councilor, counsel, counselling, counsellor, counsellor (US also counselor), counselor, count, count for, count in, count noun (also `countable noun), count on, count out, count up, countable, countenance, counter, counter-, counter-attack, counter-attraction, counter-clockwise, counter-espionage, counter-insurgency, counter-intelligence, counter-intuitive, counter-irritant, counter-offer, counter-productive, counter-productively, counter-revolution, counter-revolutionary, counter-tenor, counteract, counteraction, counterargument,