| 单词 | tick |
| 释义 | tick (once / 806 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4n To tick is to make a steady tapping sound. When something ticks — be it a clock, a watch, an oven timer, or a metronome — it’s usually a reminder that time is passing. The verb tick originally meant "to touch or pat." The current meaning may be related to the sound of a hand patting or tapping a surface. Another kind of tick is a small blood-sucking parasite. This nastier tick has a different root, the Old English ticia. WORD FAMILYtick: detick, ticked, ticker, ticking, ticks+/ticker: tickers/ticking: tickings USAGE EXAMPLESTime is ticking for Minnesota to upgrade its driver’s licenses to satisfy looming federal requirements to board domestic flights. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The broad assumption in the “current year” argument is that time inevitably ticks toward moral betterment. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The clock is ticking a bit slower for the Washington Nationals, but their upcoming change might be even more dramatic. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a metallic tapping sound he counted the ticks of the clock Syn|Hypo|Hyper ticking ticktock, tictac, tocktact steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 2v make a clicking or ticking sound The clock ticked away Syn|Hyper click go, sound make a certain noise or sound 3v make a sound like a clock or a timer 2the clocks were ticking Syn|Hyper beat, ticktack, ticktock go, sound make a certain noise or sound 1n a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc. Syn|Hyper check, check mark mark a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) 2v put a check mark on or near or next to 3tick off the items Syn|Hypo|Hyper check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to itbe careful or certain to do something; make certain of something receipt mark or stamp as paid verify confirm the truth of 1n a light mattress Hyper mattress a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed 2v sew 4tick a mattress Syn|Hyper retick run up, sew, sew together, stitch fasten by sewing; do needlework n any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals Hypo|Hyper hard tick, ixodid ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head argasid, soft ticktick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head Ixodes dammini, deer ticka northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis Ixodes neotomaea tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged ticka tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tickparasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick, sheep-tickparasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete Ixodes persulcatusbites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete Ixodes dentatususually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats Ixodes spinipalpisusually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, wood tickcommon tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia acarine mite or tick |
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