英语词汇“tick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tick1

/tɪk

noun

1British A mark (✓) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with.A map of the Urus-Martan area is black from ticks and marks indicating ordnance....

Each feature description also included a screenshot and a tick mark indicating whether it made significant use of graphics or not.
Each tick mark indicates that a nucleotide within the strain differs from the consensus sequence.

Synonyms

mark, stroke, dash, line;

North American check, check mark

2A regular short, sharp sound, especially that made by a clock or watch: the comforting tick of the grandfather clock...

In a sport in which the times are measured in hundredths of a second, she beat Giove, who took second, by 20 ticks of the clock.
Three seconds, three ticks of the clock, and the transformation from smoke to human was complete.
By using the very basis of matter, we can define the second to be 9,192,631,770 ticks of the caesium clock.

Synonyms

clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping

2.1British informal A moment: I shan’t be a tick I’ll be with you in a tick...

No, but, I mean, hang on a tick, it's how well a film can convince you of that.

Synonyms

moment, second, minute, bit, little while, short time, instant, split second

informal sec, jiffy, jiff

British informal mo, two ticks

(very) soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any second, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long;

North American momentarily

informal in a jiffy, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife

British informal in two ticks, in a mo

North American informal in a snap

3 Stock Market The smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate.If you want to further refine the trailing buy stop technique, you can lower your buy order the next day to the level one tick above the latest price bar....

This establishes a baseline volume for the day to which all subsequent ticks can be related.
If the quick dose of bullishness is sustained longer than anticipated, you can raise your sell order every day to stay within a tick of the latest low.

verb

1 [with object] chiefly British Mark (an item) with a tick or select (a box) on a form, questionnaire, etc. to indicate that something has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with: just tick the appropriate box below...

By Sun standards this is subtle stuff but the message could not be more obvious: readers are being coaxed into ticking the box marked ‘bad outweighs good’.
Those stopped in the street and asked if they are ‘minded to make a big purchase’ will continue to tick the box marked ‘no’.
‘Those who consider themselves British, but have Irish roots, can still tick the Irish box’.

Synonyms

mark, mark off, check off, indicate

2 [no object] (Of a clock or other mechanical device) make regular short, sharp sounds, typically one for every second of time that passes: I could hear the clock ticking...

All that could be heard besides the patter of raindrops against the window was the sound of the clock ticking off the seconds.
The calendar is loaded, the meter is ticking and that damn clock has to be fast, doesn't it?
She suddenly took notice of what sounded like a clock ticking.

Synonyms

click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap

2.1 (tick away/by/past) (Of time) pass: the minutes were ticking away till the actor’s appearance...

At intervals I went to the front window to see if the sign had arrived, becoming more and more impatient as the morning passed and the afternoon ticked away.
But as time passed and seconds slowly ticked away like eternity, Liz began to lose hope.
The long chain of people moved irritably slow, minutes ticking by with seemingly no progress being made.

2.2Proceed or progress: her book was ticking along nicely...

The Budget shouldn't be a giveaway, but must be ‘broadly neutral’ to keep the economy ticking along.
Local eateries were doing very well, while the pubs seemed to be doing well also and, for business in general, things were ticking along better than last year.
Less than 2 weeks to go now (12 days, to be exact) and everything's ticking along nicely.

Phrases

tick all the (right) boxes

what makes someone tick

Phrasal verbs

tick someone off

tick something off

tick over

Origin

Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'pat, touch'): probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch tik (noun), tikken (verb) 'pat, touch'. The noun was recorded in late Middle English as 'a light tap'; current senses date from the late 17th century.

The tick shown as a ✓ first meant ‘to pat, touch’ and goes back to medieval English, where it was related to tickle (Middle English), although its history is obscure. This is also the tick used to imitate the sound of a clock, and in ticker, or the heart, a sense first used in the USA at the end of the 19th century. The ‘bloodsucking parasite’ sort of tick is a different, older word which gives us the expressions tight as a tick or as full as a tick for ‘very drunk’, both of which refer to the way ticks swell as they gorge themselves on blood. Both forms of the phrase have the additional meaning ‘be full after eating’, but the more recent tight as a tick plays on two senses of tight, which can mean both ‘drunk’ and ‘stretched taut’. When you buy on credit or on tick, you are using yet another word, which is an abbreviation of ticket. The ticket in question is an IOU promising to pay the money due, but there is also the suggestion of a pun on the reputation of moneylenders as ‘bloodsucking parasites’. Both on tick and on the ticket date back to the 17th century.

Rhymes

tick2

/tɪk

noun

1A parasitic arachnid which attaches itself to the skin of a terrestrial vertebrate from which it sucks blood, leaving the host when sated. Some species transmit diseases, including tularaemia and Lyme disease.

Suborder Ixodida, order Acari (or order and subclass).

It takes 24 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme disease, so rapid removal is important....

Mites and ticks which feed on vertebrate hair or blood often carry disease organisms, such as spirochete bacteria, responsible for relapsing fever and Lyme disease.
More than a nuisance, fleas and ticks can transmit a host of pathogens and skin diseases to humans and their furry counterparts.

1.1 informal A parasitic louse fly, especially the sheep ked.

2British informal A worthless or contemptible person: he was shown up in court for the little tick that he was...

He really is an irritating little tick, isn't he?
By comparison with Richard, then, John has been seen as a weedy little tick.
Katzenberg, 53, is the part genius, part egomaniac and part irritating little tick who Disney froze out.

Phrases

full (or tight) as a tick

Origin

Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek and German Zecke.

tick3

/tɪk

noun

1A fabric case stuffed with feathers or other material to form a mattress or pillow.He quickly reached the top and started throwing down ticks, pillows and blankets....

They reach for the money, which is very close to where Huck is standing, and move it to the straw tick under the feather bed.
‘Yes sir,’ she whispered as Jeeka entered the house with the full straw ticks.

1.1 short for ticking.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tēke, or Middle Dutch tīke, via West Germanic from Latin theca 'case', from Greek thēkē.

tick4

/tɪk

noun (in phrase on tick) British informal

On credit: the printer agreed to send the brochures out on tick...

If you buy it on tick it'll be worn out before you've finished paying for it.
Living on tick, Adam sees nothing for it but to hop back aboard the carousel of fashionable metropolitan parties.
It's a sign of changed circumstances in the Valley that another growth area is the repossession of cars bought on tick, whose owners can no longer afford to keep up the repayments.

Origin

Mid 17th century: apparently short for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay.

单词	tick
释义	tick1 /tɪk / noun 1British A mark (✓) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with.A map of the Urus-Martan area is black from ticks and marks indicating ordnance.... Each feature description also included a screenshot and a tick mark indicating whether it made significant use of graphics or not. Each tick mark indicates that a nucleotide within the strain differs from the consensus sequence. Synonyms mark, stroke, dash, line; North American check, check mark 2A regular short, sharp sound, especially that made by a clock or watch: the comforting tick of the grandfather clock... In a sport in which the times are measured in hundredths of a second, she beat Giove, who took second, by 20 ticks of the clock. Three seconds, three ticks of the clock, and the transformation from smoke to human was complete. By using the very basis of matter, we can define the second to be 9,192,631,770 ticks of the caesium clock. Synonyms clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping 2.1British informal A moment: I shan’t be a tick I’ll be with you in a tick... No, but, I mean, hang on a tick, it's how well a film can convince you of that. Synonyms moment, second, minute, bit, little while, short time, instant, split second informal sec, jiffy, jiff British informal mo, two ticks (very) soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any second, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long; North American momentarily informal in a jiffy, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife British informal in two ticks, in a mo North American informal in a snap 3 Stock Market The smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate.If you want to further refine the trailing buy stop technique, you can lower your buy order the next day to the level one tick above the latest price bar.... This establishes a baseline volume for the day to which all subsequent ticks can be related. If the quick dose of bullishness is sustained longer than anticipated, you can raise your sell order every day to stay within a tick of the latest low. verb 1 [with object] chiefly British Mark (an item) with a tick or select (a box) on a form, questionnaire, etc. to indicate that something has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with: just tick the appropriate box below... By Sun standards this is subtle stuff but the message could not be more obvious: readers are being coaxed into ticking the box marked ‘bad outweighs good’. Those stopped in the street and asked if they are ‘minded to make a big purchase’ will continue to tick the box marked ‘no’. ‘Those who consider themselves British, but have Irish roots, can still tick the Irish box’. Synonyms mark, mark off, check off, indicate 2 [no object] (Of a clock or other mechanical device) make regular short, sharp sounds, typically one for every second of time that passes: I could hear the clock ticking... All that could be heard besides the patter of raindrops against the window was the sound of the clock ticking off the seconds. The calendar is loaded, the meter is ticking and that damn clock has to be fast, doesn't it? She suddenly took notice of what sounded like a clock ticking. Synonyms click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap 2.1 (tick away/by/past) (Of time) pass: the minutes were ticking away till the actor’s appearance... At intervals I went to the front window to see if the sign had arrived, becoming more and more impatient as the morning passed and the afternoon ticked away. But as time passed and seconds slowly ticked away like eternity, Liz began to lose hope. The long chain of people moved irritably slow, minutes ticking by with seemingly no progress being made. 2.2Proceed or progress: her book was ticking along* nicely... The Budget shouldn't be a giveaway, but must be ‘broadly neutral’ to keep the economy ticking along. Local eateries were doing very well, while the pubs seemed to be doing well also and, for business in general, things were ticking along better than last year. Less than 2 weeks to go now (12 days, to be exact) and everything's ticking along nicely. Phrases tick all the (right) boxes what makes someone tick Phrasal verbs tick someone off tick something off tick over Origin Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'pat, touch'): probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch tik* (noun), tikken (verb) 'pat, touch'. The noun was recorded in late Middle English as 'a light tap'; current senses date from the late 17th century. The tick shown as a ✓ first meant ‘to pat, touch’ and goes back to medieval English, where it was related to tickle (Middle English), although its history is obscure. This is also the tick used to imitate the sound of a clock, and in ticker, or the heart, a sense first used in the USA at the end of the 19th century. The ‘bloodsucking parasite’ sort of tick is a different, older word which gives us the expressions tight as a tick or as full as a tick for ‘very drunk’, both of which refer to the way ticks swell as they gorge themselves on blood. Both forms of the phrase have the additional meaning ‘be full after eating’, but the more recent tight as a tick plays on two senses of tight, which can mean both ‘drunk’ and ‘stretched taut’. When you buy on credit or on tick, you are using yet another word, which is an abbreviation of ticket. The ticket in question is an IOU promising to pay the money due, but there is also the suggestion of a pun on the reputation of moneylenders as ‘bloodsucking parasites’. Both on tick and on the ticket date back to the 17th century. Rhymes artic, brick, chick, click, crick, flick, hand-pick, hic, hick, kick, lick, mick, miskick, nick, pic, pick, quick, rick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, trick, Vic, wick tick2 /tɪk / noun 1A parasitic arachnid which attaches itself to the skin of a terrestrial vertebrate from which it sucks blood, leaving the host when sated. Some species transmit diseases, including tularaemia and Lyme disease. Suborder Ixodida, order Acari (or order and subclass). It takes 24 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme disease, so rapid removal is important.... Mites and ticks which feed on vertebrate hair or blood often carry disease organisms, such as spirochete bacteria, responsible for relapsing fever and Lyme disease. More than a nuisance, fleas and ticks can transmit a host of pathogens and skin diseases to humans and their furry counterparts. 1.1 informal A parasitic louse fly, especially the sheep ked. 2British informal A worthless or contemptible person: he was shown up in court for the little tick* that he was... He really is an irritating little tick, isn't he? By comparison with Richard, then, John has been seen as a weedy little tick. Katzenberg, 53, is the part genius, part egomaniac and part irritating little tick who Disney froze out. Phrases full (or tight) as a tick Origin Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek* and German Zecke. tick3 /tɪk / noun 1A fabric case stuffed with feathers or other material to form a mattress or pillow.He quickly reached the top and started throwing down ticks, pillows and blankets.... They reach for the money, which is very close to where Huck is standing, and move it to the straw tick under the feather bed. ‘Yes sir,’ she whispered as Jeeka entered the house with the full straw ticks. 1.1 short for ticking. Origin Late Middle English: probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tēke, or Middle Dutch tīke, via West Germanic from Latin theca 'case', from Greek thēkē. tick4 /tɪk / noun (in phrase on tick) British informal On credit: the printer agreed to send the brochures out on tick... If you buy it on tick it'll be worn out before you've finished paying for it. Living on tick, Adam sees nothing for it but to hop back aboard the carousel of fashionable metropolitan parties. It's a sign of changed circumstances in the Valley that another growth area is the repossession of cars bought on tick, whose owners can no longer afford to keep up the repayments. Origin Mid 17th century: apparently short for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay.
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