:the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
:duration regarded as belonging to the present life as distinct from the life to come or from eternity; finite duration.
: a system or method of measuring or reckoning the passage of time: mean time; apparent time; Greenwich Time.
:a limited period or interval, as between two successive events: a long time.
:a particular period considered as distinct from other periods: Youth is the best time of life.
:Often times . a period in the history of the world, or contemporary with the life or activities of a notable person: prehistoric times; in Lincoln's time.the period or era now or previously present: a sign of the times; How times have changed!a period considered with reference to its events or prevailing conditions, tendencies, ideas, etc.: hard times; a time of war.
:a prescribed or allotted period, as of one's life, for payment of a debt, etc.
:the end of a prescribed or allotted period, as of one's life or a pregnancy: His time had come, but there was no one left to mourn over him. When her time came, her husband accompanied her to the delivery room.
:a period with reference to personal experience of a specified kind: to have a good time; a hot time in the old town tonight.
:a period of work of an employee, or the pay for it; working hours or days or an hourly or daily pay rate.
:Informal. a term of enforced duty or imprisonment: to serve time in the army; do time in prison.
:the period necessary for or occupied by something: The time of the baseball game was two hours and two minutes. The bus takes too much time, so I'll take a plane.
:leisure time; sufficient or spare time: to have time for a vacation; I have no time to stop now.
:a particular or definite point in time, as indicated by a clock: What time is it?
:a particular part of a year, day, etc.; season or period: It's time for lunch.
:an appointed, fit, due, or proper instant or period: a time for sowing; the time when the sun crosses the meridian; There is a time for everything.
:the particular point in time when an event is scheduled to take place: train time; curtain time.
:an indefinite, frequently prolonged period or duration in the future: Time will tell if what we have done here today was right.
:the right occasion or opportunity: to watch one's time.
:each occasion of a recurring action or event: to do a thing five times; It's the pitcher's time at bat.
:times, used as a multiplicative word in phrasal combinations expressing how many instances of a quantity or factor are taken together: Two goes into six three times; five times faster.
:Drama. one of the three unities.Compare unity.
:Prosody. a unit or a group of units in the measurement of meter.
:Music. tempo; relative rapidity of movement.the metrical duration of a note or rest.proper or characteristic tempo.the general movement of a particular kind of musical composition with reference to its rhythm, metrical structure, and tempo.the movement of a dance or the like to music so arranged: waltz time.
:Military. rate of marching, calculated on the number of paces taken per minute: double time; quick time.
:Manège. each completed action or movement of the horse.
adj.形容词 adjective
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:of, relating to, or showing the passage of time.
: containing a clock so that it will detonate at the desired moment: a time bomb.
:Commerce. payable at a stated period of time after presentment: time drafts or notes.
:of or relating to purchases on the installment plan, or with payment postponed.
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timed, tim·ing.
:to measure or record the speed, duration, or rate of: to time a race.
:to fix the duration of: The proctor timed the test at 15 minutes.
:to fix the interval between: They timed their strokes at six per minute.
:to regulate as to time.
:to appoint or choose the moment or occasion for; schedule: He timed the attack perfectly.