timescale
noun[C]
uk/ˈtaɪm.skeɪl/us/ˈtaɪm.skeɪl/theperiodoftimeover which somethinghappens:
(某事发生的)一段时间,起止时间Policeofficersaretryingtoconstructthe timescaleofeventsleadingup to themurder.警方正在努力把谋杀前发生的事件按时间顺序排列出来。
What's the timescaleforthis?(= Howlongwill it take?)这要持续多久?
Periods of time - general words
- age
- at/in one sittingidiom
- day
- digital age
- duration
- interval
- leeway
- length
- life cycle
- lifetime
- making
- me time
- period
- rest
- session
- sleep
- spasm
- tide
- time lag
- time span