timing
n [U]
(a) determining or regulating the time when an action or event occurs 定时; 调整时间
[attrib 作定语]
a `timing device 定时装置
The timing of the announcement was rather unexpected. 选择那个时间公布, 真出人意料.
valve timing, ie the time at which valves in a motor engine open and close 阀定时.
(b) skill in this, as a way of achieving the desired result 时间的选择; 时机的掌握
He's not playing his shots well his timing is faulty. 他没打好--时间掌握不当.
A good actor must learn the art of timing, ie when to deliver a line most effectively. 要想当个好演员就要学会掌握道白的时间分寸.
I'll keep the box in the shade so that the sun doesn't burn the little plants.
我将把盒子放在阴凉的地方,这样太阳就不会把幼苗晒枯。
Which do you prefer, horse riding or shooting?
你比较喜欢哪一种呢,骑马还是射击?
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;