单词 | tick box |
释义 | > as lemmastick box tick box n. chiefly British (on a questionnaire or form) a small space, typically square in outline, in which a response such as a tick or cross may be placed; also figurative. ΚΠ 1978 N. Collins Husband's Story xxxviii. 338 An extra little tick-box in all three Columns to indicate whether it was first- or second-class mail that the prisoner had in mind. 1998 Community Care 20 Aug. 17/1 A continued squeeze on core spending while social service directors focus on the tick-boxes for national targets in children care, mental health, drugs and bed-blocking. 2001 Independent 10 Apr. ii. 3/1 Some people in Wales have declared that they will boycott the survey because it includes no ‘Welsh’ tick box on the section on ethnicity. < as lemmas |
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