time² v [T] 1 to arrange that something will happen at a particular time 安排…的时间: The bomb was timed to go off at 5:00. 炸弹设定在五点钟爆炸。 well/badly timed (=arranged to happen at a suitable or unsuitable time) 时间安排得恰当/不恰当: The announcement was badly timed. 那通知发布得不是时候。 2 to measure how quickly someone does something or how long something takes to happen 测定…的速度; 记录…所需的时间: We timed our journey — it took two and a half hours. 我们记录了旅途时间，总共花了两个半小时。