the holiday began, fg 0 ■-* it , Bt |Mj M # 'ft „ hh'iraiiM This phrase is a translation of the Latin ‘tempus fugit’. itbMin # i    tempus fugitQ time is

money {saying) time is valuable, and should not be wasted BtjelifcAitl^; ~   time is on your

side used to say that sb can wait for sth to happen or can wait before doing sth

) (the) next, first, second, etc. time round on the next, first, etc. occasion that the same thing happens [WJ # tit T ft (       ££Bt: He

repeated none of the errors he’d made first time round, life fttfSgatfifc, o This time round it was not so easy.  rfWL'Fffi && 3/.» time

'was (when) ... (old-fashioned) used to say that sth used to happen in the past WHP &^Bt'tBI• • ■; time (alone) will tell | only time will tell {saying) used to say that you will have to wait for some time to find out the result of a situation ( Rtf ) fftlEi]    :

Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful.

the whole 'time

= ALL THE TIME — more at BEAT V., BIDE, BORROW, BUY V., CALL V., COURSE /I., DAY, DEVIL, EASY adj., FIRST del, FORTH, FULLNESS, GAIN V., GIVE V., HARD adj., HIGH adj., KILL V., LONG adj., LOST, LUCK /?., MARK V., MATTER #7., MOVE V., NICK n., OLD, ONCE adv., PASS V., RACE n., SIGN

n., stitch n., sweet adj., thin adj., third ordinal number, whale

■ verb

►                 ARRANGE TIME -jclffrf |h] 1 [often passive] to arrange to do sth or arrange for sth to happen at a particular time

$£#••• fKjBtffjl: [VN] She timed her arrival for shortly after 3. ftfc aE tE 3 & # W\ il £!]       „ 0 Their

request was badly timed (= it was made at the wrong time).        BtJfo 0 ‘I hope we’re not too

early.’ ‘You couldn’t have timed it better!’ “fit ^ ” o[vn

to inf] Publication of his biography was timed to coincide with his 70th birthday celebrations, fife       £!]:£}#£

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►                 MEASURE TIME itftBtlfc] 2 to measure how long it takes for sth to happen or for sb to do sth it Bt;

Bt |W| : [VN] The winner was timed at 20.4 seconds.

Bt |h] A 20.4 #0 0 [V wh-] Time how long it takes you to answer the questions, ifl —

►                 IN SPORT ft R is ij] 3 [VN] to hit or kick a ball at a particular moment in a sports game f£ ^ — Bt M $

(       ) : She timed the pass perfectly. ftfef^S&fftBftfl

#M % tfr I'J fdL 0 a beautifully timed shot Bt tfl fE tl

— see also ill-timed, mistime, timing, well timed

,time-and-'motion study noun a study to find out how efficient a company’s working methods are BtlaJ.^i

'time bomb noun 1 a bomb that can be set to explode at a particular time JgBtit# 2 a situation that is likely to cause serious problems in the future # fa ; SIB: Rising unemployment is a political time bomb for the government. 0

'time capsule noun a container that is filled with objects that people think are typical of the time they are living in. It is buried so that it can be discovered by people in the future, Bt ft

'time card noun {especially NAmE) a piece of card on which the number of hours that sb has worked are recorded, usually by a machine   ftft; iftBtBt iElfcft

'time clock noun a special clock that records the exact time that sb starts and finishes work ftfjit; ±T5Eif

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time-consum ing adj. taking or needing a lot of time Bt fit ; Bt |'a] 61) : a difficult and time-consuming process SatMX^BtftJilfi

time exposure noun [U] a method for taking photo­graphs in which light is allowed to reach the film for longer than normal (   ) ^BtBift;

'time frame noun the length of time that is used or available for sth ( ) — I&BRh]

'time-honoured (BrE) {NAmE -honored) adj. respected because it has been used or done for a long time

They showed

their approval in the time-honoured way (= by clapping, for example).

timekeeper /'taimki:p0(r)/ noun a person who re­cords the time that is spent doing sth, for example at work or at a sports event ( ) Btlajid

^ M, it Bt M imi be a good/bad timekeeper to be regularly on time/late for work ££##cBt / ftSBtl:® timekeeping /'taimkirpir)/ noun [U] 1 a person’s ability to arrive in time for things, especially work ( jt ta ± 3£E W ) #£ Bt, ft Bt 2 the activity of recording the time sth takes i+Bt

'time lag (also lag, 'time lapse) noun the period of time between two connected events ( WffttflA^fftfHJ ) BtlR

►                 a] Pi, Bt#: There is a long time lag between when I do the work and when I get paid.

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'time-lapse adj. [only before noun] (of photography Stf£) using a method in which a series of individual pictures of a process are shown together so that sth that really happens very slowly is shown as happening very quickly 51 Bt ft jtt fg: a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening

time-less /'taimlas/ adj. (formal) 1 not appearing to be affected by the passing of time or by changes in fashion R^BtlHjfiWjj TcBRHjitW; TKftjkBtlR: her timeless beauty       2 existing or continuing for ever

itcffftfJ;     fttlBt;         H77I unending

timeless eternity ft ft ft# ► time-less-ly adv. time less­ness noun [U]

'time limit noun the length of time within which you must do or complete sth BtPH;  : We have to

set a time limit for the work.    ^3 ik  M

pg.0 o The work must be completed within a certain time limit.

time-line /'taimlain/ noun a horizontal line that is used to represent time, with the past towards the left and the future towards the right H |a]^, Bt^| ( ^

'time lock noun 1 a lock with a device which prevents it from being opened until a particular time Je Bt

►                 {computing if) part of a program which stops the program operating after a particular time ^ Bt He If

ft, zttmfeUF? (imftWitmfi)

time ly /'taimli/ adj. happening at exactly the right time R Bt ; IS H ^1 PETTI opportune : A nasty incident was prevented by the timely arrival of the police. &Btf|J3tt|fi±7—O This has been a timely reminder to us all. fim untimely ►time-li-ness noun [U]

'time machine noun (in science fiction stories f4£J /M&) a machine that enables you to travel in time to the past or the future BRaR/lfl (

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time-out /'taimaot/ noun 1 {NAmE) a short period of rest during a sports game ( ffcW ttlf ft (ft ) Wfir 2 {com­puting if) an occasion when a process or program is automatically stopped after a certain amount of time because it has not worked successfully JgBt; ( g zjfj )

time-piece /'taimpLs/ noun (formal) a clock or watch

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timer /'taima(r)/ noun (often in compounds is]) a device that is used to measure the time that sth takes; a device that starts or stops a machine working at a particular time Bt it; it Bt f§; $3 M; ae- Bt #1: an oven timer itH^Btfl —see also egg timer, old- timer

'time-release adj. [usually before noun] releasing an active substance, for example a drug, a little at a time

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