单词 | and counting |
释义 | > as lemmas—— and counting —— and counting: (originally) used during a countdown to indicate that the action of counting is ongoing, even when every number in the sequence is not counted aloud; (hence now usually) used to indicate that a stated quantity or amount of time continues to increase. ΚΠ 1958 Pop. Mech. July 67/1 The test conductor..breaking in periodically to announce: ‘T minus 380 minutes and counting.’ ‘T minus 340 minutes and counting.’ 1987 Data User News (U.S. Bureau of Census) May 5/3 (heading) The census tradition—200 years and counting! 1997 D. S. Glasberg & D. Skidmore Corporate Welfare Policy & Welfare State i. 1 $200 billion..and counting. That's what it is costing United States taxpayers to bail out the savings and loan (S&L) industry from its crisis of the 1980s. 2018 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Feb. (Sport section) 6 It's been 728 days and counting since the Blues won a derby. < as lemmas |
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