tick

tick1
noun
  1. a mark (3) used to indicate that a textual item is correct or has been chosen or checked
    （文本上的）小记号；勾号
  2. a regular short, sharp sound, especially that made every second by a clock or watch
    （尤指钟、表发出的）滴答声
    ■(Brit. informal)a moment (used especially to reassure someone that one will return or be ready very soon)
    (英，非正式)滴答的一瞬间，一会儿
    I shan't be a tick.
    我立马就来。
    I'll be with you in a tick.
    我很快就会和你在一起。
  3. (Stock Exchange)the smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate
    (股票)点；波动点
verb
  1. [with obj.]mark (an item) with a tick, typically to show that it has been chosen, checked, or approved
    给…标记号
    just tick the appropriate box below.
    就在下列适当的小框中打钩。
    ■(tick something off)list items one by one in one's mind or during a speech
    罗列；列出
    he ticked the points off on his fingers.
    他用手指一点一点地列出来。
  2. [no obj.](of a clock or other mechanical device) make regular short sharp sounds, typically for every second of time passing
    （钟或其他机械装置）发出滴答声
    I could hear the clock ticking.
    我能听到钟在滴答滴答响。
    ■(tick away/by/past)(of time) pass (used especially when someone is pressed for time or keenly awaiting an event)
    （尤指时间在焦急等待中）过去；结束
    the minutes were ticking away till the actor's appearance.
    时间一点一滴地过去，然后演员才出场。
    ■[with obj.](tick something away)(of a clock or watch) mark the passing of time with regular short sharp sounds
    （钟，表）使时间滴滴答答过去
    the little clock ticked the precious minutes away.
    宝贵的时间一分分地在小时钟的滴答声中过去了。
    ■proceed or progress
    进展，进步
    her book was ticking along nicely.
    她的书进展顺利。
常用词组
what makes someone tick
  1. (informal)what motivates someone
    (非正式)某人的行为（或思想）动机是，某人动机何在
    people are curious to know what makes British men tick.
    人们很想知道英国人生活的动力何在。
语源
  1. 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 cent
继承用法
tick someone off
  1. (Brit. informal)reprimand or rebuke someone
    (英，非正式)责备；责骂
    he was ticked off by Angela.
    安吉拉责备了他。
    [as noun ticking off]he got a ticking off from the magistrate.
    他受到地方法官的斥责。
  2. (N. Amer. informal)make someone annoyed or angry
    (北美，非正式)使生气，使恼火
tick over
  1. (of an engine) run slowly in neutral
    （发动机）空转；慢转
    ■work or function at a basic or minimum level
    （工作，功能）维持原状，无大进展；进展缓慢
    they are keeping things ticking over until their father returns.
    他们一切维持原状直到父亲回来。
tick2
noun
  1. a 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
    扁虱，蜱，壁虱
  2. Suborder Ixodida, order Acari (or order and subclass)
    蜱亚目，蜱螨目（或目及亚纲）
    ■(informal)a parasitic louse fly, especially the sheep ked
    (非正式)虱蝇（尤指羊蜱蝇）
  3. (Brit. informal)a worthless or contemptible person
    (英，非正式)一文不值的人；可鄙的人
常用词组
full (或 tight) as a tick
  1. (informal)replete after eating (or very drunk)
    (非正式)吃饱喝足；酩酊大醉
语源
  1. Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek and German Zecke
tick3
noun
  1. (用于词组on tick)on credit
    信用；赊账；赊欠
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: apparently short for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay
tick4
noun
  1. a fabric case stuffed with feathers or other material to form a mattress or pillow
    垫套，褥套，枕芯套；褥子
    ■short for ticking
    ticking的简称
语源
  1. late Middle English: probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tēke, or Middle Dutch tīke, via West Germanic from Latin theca 'case', from Greek thēkē
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