单词 | tick |
释义 | tick1 of 5noun (1) ˈtik 1 a : a light rhythmic audible tap or beat also : a series of such ticks b : the time taken by the tick of a clock : moment 2 : a small spot or mark especially : one used to direct attention to something, to check an item on a list, or to represent a point on a scale 3 a finance : the minimum amount by which the price of a security can move upward or downward The minimum price fluctuation is called a "tick." Gerald Warfield also : a stock market transaction at a price above or below the last previous transaction in the same security or the change in price that such a transaction represents an upward/downward tick The telegraph, and then the stock ticker, provided a number of advantages … . The ticker was named for its characteristic sound when printing; to this day, any movement of a stock's price is called a "tick." Joe Janes Note that I assume none of you plan to spend your golden years watching the market tick by tick and jumping in and out of stocks. Barry Ritholtz b : a small amount … Wednesday's fifth episode drew 12.3 same-day million viewers, up a tick from the previous week's 12.2 million. Gary Levin see also downtick, uptick tick 2 of 5verb ticked; ticking; ticks intransitive verb 1 : to make the sound of a tick or a series of ticks 2 : to operate as a functioning mechanism : run tried to understand what made him tick the motor was ticking over quietly transitive verb 1 : to mark with a written tick : check —usually used with off ticked off each item in the list 2 : to mark, count, or announce by or as if by ticking beats a meter ticking off the cab fare 3 : to touch with a momentary glancing blow ticked the ball tick 3 of 5noun (2)1 : any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea) of bloodsucking acarid arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases 2 : any of various usually wingless parasitic dipteran flies compare sheep ked tick 4 of 5noun (3)1 : the fabric case of a mattress, pillow, or bolster also : a mattress consisting of a tick and its filling 2 : ticking entry 1 tick 5 of 5noun (4) chiefly British : credit, trust also : a credit account tick nounas in minute Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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