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单词 ticket
释义 tick·et
I. \ˈtikə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: obsolete French etiquet (now étiquette), from Middle French etiquet, estiquet, from estiquer, estiquier to attach, stick, from Middle Dutch steken to stick; akin to Old High German stehhan to stick — more at stick
1.
 a. obsolete : a short note or document in writing
  < if your ticket had overtaken me … I had certainly returned — Richard Baker >
 b. : a document that serves as a certificate, license, or permit; specifically : a master's, captain's, mate's, pilot's, or airman's certificate
 c. : a written, typed, printed, stamped, or engraved notice, record, memorandum, or token: as
  (1) : a paper or card on an item giving information (as of its owner, identity, maker, or price) : tag, label
   < tagged with a ticket giving the number of the machine, the operator, and the lot — Werner Von Bergen & H.R.Mauersberger >
   < examined the price on the ticket >
  (2) obsolete : promissory note
  (3) Britain : visiting card
  (4) : a summons or warning issued to an offender especially of a traffic regulation
   < parking ticket >
 d.
  (1) : a certificate, evidence, or token of a right (as of admission to a place of assembly, of passage in a public conveyance, of debt, or of a chance)
   < a theater ticket >
   < a railroad ticket >
   < a lottery ticket >
   < a pawn ticket >
  (2) Britain : a library borrower's card
 e.
  (1) : slate 4b
   < the power of a popular president to carry his whole ticket to victory with him — W.H.Hessler >
   < some individuals vote the party ticket — L.W.Doob >
   — see split ticket, straight ticket
  (2) : a sheet of paper bearing the names of candidates for office (as of a political party or faction) and usually used as a ballot
   < the voter received the party ticket outside the polling place — H.R.Penniman >
 f. : a slip or card with ruled spaces on which is written a record of a transaction or undertaking or detailed instructions (as an order for specific repairs on some equipment)
  < deposit ticket >
  < sales ticket >
  < the driver is required to make an entry on his trip ticket at each stop >
  — compare deposit slip
2. : a sealed bid for ore to be sold
3. : a means to something desirable
 < a used car is the ticket out of the bad living conditions — Warner Bloomberg >
 < good manners … are your ticket to popularity — Girl Scout Handbk. >
4. : the suitable, correct, or desirable thing
 < quick action, that's the ticket — T.B.Costain >
 < a little trip'll be just the ticket for you — Maritta Wolff >
5. : a program or plan for a project, career, or intended course of life used especially in such phrases as write one's own ticket
 < engineering graduates … are writing their own job tickets — Ira Kamen & R.H.Dorf >
 < committees make their own rules and write their own ticketsNew Yorker >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to classify or mark by a ticket : attach a ticket to : label
  < things in their proper place, ticketed and pigeon-holed — W.M.Dixon >
  < ticketed only with the initials A.J. — Hamilton Basso >
 b. : to describe, characterize, or mentally classify especially in a set phrase
  < he's ticketed as a zealous reformer — Kiplinger Washington Letter >
 c. : to designate for a specific purpose, position, or destination
  < a defense contract now ticketed for a foreign factory — G.E.Cruikshank >
  < most of the increase is ticketed for earthbound assets like bases, radar, and communications networks — Newsweek >
  < a promising young man is duly noted … and ticketed for future office — Time >
2.
 a. : to furnish with a ticket : book
  < children … under twelve … cannot be ticketed unless accompanied by parent or guardian — Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR >
 b. : to serve with a ticket
  < ticketed for backing out of a parking space into an oncoming car — Time >
intransitive verb
: to issue or check tickets
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