| 释义 |
tick1 /tik/ noun- The sound of a watch, clock, etc
- A beat
- A moment (informal)
- A small mark (✔) used to indicate or mark off anything as checked, dealt with, required, correct, etc
- A light tap or pat (obsolete)
- The game of tig
intransitive verb- To make a sound like a mechanical clock
- To beat time
- To work, be operated
- To tap, pat (obsolete; tick and toy to dally)
transitive verb- To mark with a tick (sometimes with off)
- To measure, record, indicate (eg time) by a ticking sound (sometimes with out)
- To dot
ORIGIN: ME tek; cf Du tik, LGer tikk; prob imit ticked adjective - Ticked off
- Speckled
tickˈer noun - Anything that ticks, esp a telegraph instrument that prints signals on a tape, or (slang) a watch
- The heart (slang)
tickˈing noun and adjective tick box noun A box on a printed form or computer screen into which a tick may be inserted to show that something has been checked, dealt with, agreed to, etc ticker tape noun - Paper ribbon on which a ticker prints
- Anything similar, such as a streamer (ticker-tape welcome, etc, a welcome, etc, esp in New York, in which ticker tape, confetti, etc is thrown (through the streets) during the progress of a celebrity)
ticking-offˈ noun (slang) A reprimand tickˈ-tack noun - Ticking of a clock, etc
- (also ticˈ-tac) bookmakers' telegraphy by arm signals
- See also trick-track
adverb With recurring ticking tick-tack-toeˈ, tick-tack-tooˈ or tic-tac-toˈ noun (N American) Noughts and crosses tick-tickˈ noun - A ticking
- /tikˈtik/ a child's word for a watch
tick-tockˈ noun - A ticking, as of a big clock
- A tapping
- /tikˈtok/ a child's word for a clock
intransitive verb (of a clock) to tick in two ticks In a moment make (someone or something) tick (informal) - To cause to operate or function
- To be the driving force behind
- To cause to behave, think, etc in a certain way
tick all the (right) boxes (informal) To fulfil all requirements tick away (of time, life, etc) to pass away with the regularity of the ticking of a clock tick down (of time) to move inexorably towards a deadline ticked off (US sl) Annoyed, angry tick off - To mark with a tick
- To reprimand (slang)
tick over - (of an engine) to run gently, disconnected from the transmission (tickˈ-over noun)
- (of a person) to lead an inactive, uneventful existence
- To function, operate, especially at a low level of activity (figurative)
tick up (chiefly N Am) To increase tock1 /tok/ noun The sound made by a clock or watch, like a tick but deeper and more resonant intransitive verb (of a clock, etc) to make such a sound ORIGIN: Prob imit tick-tock see under tick1 |