tick
[tik]
v.滴答作响, 给…标记号, 运作, 空转
n.滴答声, 一会儿, 勾号, 壁虱,蜱虫, 枕套,褥套,<英口>赊欠
例句与用法:
Just try and keep things ticking over while I'm away.
在我离开的期间,尽量使事情照常进行。
I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.
我停住汽车,让发动机空转。
Meanwhile the minutes kept ticking away.
其时,时间一分一分地过去。
The clock ticks very loudly.
这只钟发出很响的滴答声。
There was a nice red tick in the margin.
边上打了一个漂亮的红勾。
词形变化:
动词过去式: ticked | 动词过去分词: ticked | 动词现在分词: ticking | 动词第三人称单数: ticks |
n.[C]
1. (钟, 表等的)滴答声
Each tick of the clock was bringing the fatal hour nearer.
随着时钟的每一个滴答声, 关键的时刻越来越近了。
2. 【英】(核对完毕后画的)记号, 勾号
He put a tick beside each word in the glossary that he had learned by heart.
他在词表中每一个已熟记的生词旁做个记号。
3. 【英】【口】一瞬, 片刻
I'll be with you in a tick.
我一会儿就跟你来。
vi.
1. 发滴答声
The clock ticked louder and louder in a quiet room.
钟的滴答声在静静的房间里变得越来越响。
2. 工作, 起作用
What makes the computer tick?
计算机的工作原理是什么?
vt.
1. 在滴答声中度过(或报知)[(+away)]
The clock ticked the minutes.
时钟滴答滴答地报时。
2. 【英】(核对后)给……标记号, 勾去[(+off)]
He ticked the items delivered one by one.
他把交付的物品一项项作了记号。
3. 【口】责备, 斥责[(+off)]
David ticked me off for being late.
戴维责备我迟到。
n.[C]
1. 壁虱
2. 【英】【口】讨厌鬼
短语词组:
tick away
1. (时间)过去
As the minutes ticked away, she became more and more irritated.
随着时间一分一分地过去, 她变得更加不耐烦。
tick off
1. 用记号标出
He ticked off some items on the list.
他在表上标出几个项目。
tick over
1. 接近停滞; 进行缓慢
The business of the company has been ticking over for some time.
这家公司的生意已很久停滞不前了。
to/on the tick
1. 极为准时地
They arrived at six on the tick.
他们六点正准时到达。
tick
名词复数:ticks
过去式:ticked
过去分词:ticked
现在进行时:ticking
词形变化:
动词过去式: ticked | 动词过去分词: ticked | 动词现在分词: ticking | 动词第三人称单数: ticks |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.滴答声, 跳动声, 敲击声
click
tap
tapping
beat
ticktock
pounding
drum
rap
rat-a-tat
pulse
second
n.记号, 标记, 刻痕
check
mark
dot
line
stroke
scratch
notch
nick
blaze
v.滴答地响, 跳动
ticktock
click
tap
beat
strike
sound
tick1[tik]n.1.■(钟表等的)滴答声2.■[主英国口语]片刻;一刹那,一刹那间;滴答的一瞬间3.■(核对账目等用的)小记号(如✔,/等)4.■[废语]轻拍;轻打5.■【电信学】(报时信号的)滴答声6.■【经济学】7.■最小价位[期货用语]8.■价格的上涨(或下跌)9.■踢克舞(一种黑人摇摆舞)vi.1.■滴答滴答响,发出滴答声:The clock on the wall ticked loudly.墙上的钟滴答作响。2.■[口语](机器等)运转;(工作等)进行;(像钟点般)持续活动;起作用:What makes it tick?它的工作原理是什么?What makes him tick?他的工作动力是什么?vt.1.■滴答滴答地表示(或记录、计数):The clock ticked away the minutes.时钟滴答滴答地送走时间。2.■[主英国英语]给…作记号,核查(与off连用):She ticked off the items on the memo.她在备忘录上的项目作了记号。half a tick[口语]马上,瞬间,片刻:Half a tick!稍等一等!in a tick[口语]一会儿,一刹那间,一转眼间in two (或three) ticks[俚语]立刻,一转眼间,一刹那间,一会儿on (或to) the tick极为准时地,一分钟不差准确地,正确地what makes someone tick[口语]使某人这样做的原因,使某人持续活动的动力 tick2[tik]n.1.■【昆虫】2.■蜱[蜱螨目(Acarina)硬蜱科(Ixodidae)和隐缘蜱科(Argasidae)昆虫];扁虱;壁虱3.■虱蝇4.■羊硬蜱(=sheeptick) tick3[tik]n.1.■褥套,枕套2.■[口语] = ticking [亦作 bedtick](as) full as a tick[俚语]吃得酒足饭饱的;喝得酩酊大醉的;饱满的as tight as a tick[美国俚语]喝得烂醉的
ticktick[tik]n.1.■褥套, 枕套(指中间填塞羽毛等物的内套)2.■(作褥子外皮用的)条纹麻布, 棉布; 褥面3.■(弹簧椅子等的)面
继承用法ticking[ˈtɪkɪŋ]n.1.■褥套料
noun
- 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 - 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。 - (Stock Exchange)the smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate
(股票)点;波动点
- [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。 - [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。
what makes someone tick
- (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。
- 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
tick someone off
- (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。 - (N. Amer. informal)make someone annoyed or angry
(北美,非正式)使生气,使恼火
- (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
- 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 - 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) - (Brit. informal)a worthless or contemptible person
(英,非正式)一文不值的人;可鄙的人
full (或 tight) as a tick
- (informal)replete after eating (or very drunk)
(非正式)吃饱喝足;酩酊大醉
- Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek and German Zecke
tick3
noun
- (用于词组on tick)on credit
信用;赊账;赊欠
- mid 17th cent.: apparently short for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay
tick4
noun
- 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
- late Middle English: probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tēke, or Middle Dutch tīke, via West Germanic from Latin theca 'case', from Greek thēkē
tick
名词 tick:
a metallic tapping sound
同义词:ticking
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
同义词:check mark, check
a light mattress
动词 tick:
make a clicking or ticking sound
同义词:click
make a sound like a clock or a timer
sew
同义词:retick
put a check mark on or near or next to
tick
■"Tick" and "clatter", are both onomatopoeic words.
"滴答"、"哗啦", 这些词都是拟声词。
■Please tick the available month(s) for the examination.
請剔選可以参加入學試的月份。
■The stevedores in Hatch No.2 Tick slings not only fast but also correctly.
2舱工人做关不仅快而准确。
■"The will to have" worked its tentacles into the flesh of her heart-like some burrowing tick.
“占有意志”的触须就越发钻进她内心的深处--就象深嵌在肉里的扁虱一样。
■"Oh, anybody can run a tick down that don't belong to them.
“哦,吃不到葡萄就说葡萄酸。
■All right. It's a mighty small tick, anyway.
“那就算了。你瞧你这只扁虱,这么小哩。”
■C. Tick can't say it in Chinese.
三、对话理解:根据你所听到的内容和问句,选择正确的答案。每个句子和问句朗读两遍。
■On rainy days, tick tick, and people upset, chilly, people want to sleep.
下雨天,滴答滴答的,让人心烦,冷飕飕的,让人想睡觉。
■Don't worry. After the operation, he'll tick along fine.
不用担心,手术后他会活得很好。
■Be careful NOT to press the Mind Flay Button too quickly on the last tick.
不要按在精神鞭笞最后一条按精神鞭笞太快,这会让你打断第三跳。
■What makes tick off Gorgon euryale?
什麽叫勾芡?
■Simply tick the folders you want archiving.
仅仅给文件夹打上勾号你需要归档。
■He arrived at six on the tick.
他6点钟准时到达了。
■Why did he tick little Peter off in such a way?
他为什么这样训斥小彼得?
■Why did he tick little Peter off in such a way ?
他为何这样训斥小彼得?
■Wasn't he in here this afternoon and as full as a tick?
他今天下午不是在这儿吃得酒足饭饱吗?
■They arrived at six on the tick.
他们六点正准时到达。
■They will make you rethink what makes the city tick.
他们将让你重新估量这个城市的无限活力。
■They want to know what makes you tick.
他们想要知道的你做一件事情的原因。
■They could hear the regular tick of the clock.
他们能听见时钟有规律的滴答声。
■They strive to retain access to the resources that make company tick.
他们设法获取公司赖以运转的资源。
■He arrived on the tick of six.
他准六点到的。
■He put a tick beside each word in the glossary that he have learn by heart.
他在词表中每一个已熟记的生词旁做个记号。
■He put a tick beside each word in the glossary that he had learned by heart.
他在词表中每一个已熟记的生词旁做了个记号。
■He sits on his straw tick, staring at the wall.
他坐在草垫子上呆望着墙壁。
■He always comes to tbe tick.
他总是来得十分准时。
■He was the master of knowing what made individuals tick.
他是一个了解怎么令每个人发挥本领的大师。
■He stood up and begin to tick off the events.
他站起来,开始简单地描述这些事情。
■He was bloated and gray as a gorged tick, his skin tinted green.
他脸色灰白的像一只扁虱,一边跑一边用一只手抵住肋骨。
■He talk like a watch which tick away minute, but never strike the hour.
他谈得像个滴滴答答地使时间一分分消逝而又决不报时的钟。
■An organism, such as a mosquito or tick, that carries disease-causing microorganisms from one host to another.
传病媒介把致病微生物从一个宿主传到另一宿主的生物,如蚊子或虱蝇等
■You can hear the tick of bell.
你可以听到钟的滴答声。
■How would you recommend the applicant? (Please tick as appropriate.
你如何推荐申请者?(请在适当的地方打勾)
■You just know what makes me tick!
你很了解我的想法。
■Which age bracket are you? (Please tick the box).
你是哪个年龄段?(请在方格中打钩。)
■The tick stops draining you and drops off after you're dead.
你死了以后壁虱才会停止吸你的血,掉下来。
■Your job is to tick the names of those present at the meeting.
你的工作是在出席会议的人员的名字前面作记号。
■Could I have these things on tick?
你能不能赊帐卖给我这些东西?
■Why did you tick these stores off in the inventory when you haven't checked that they are actually instock?
你还没有核对这些货是否真还有库存,为何要把它们大库存单上划去呢?
■That's what makes the world tick .
使世界持续活动的动力,就在于此。
■What makes computer virus writers tick?
促使计算机病毒作者编写病毒的动机是什么呢?
■Buses and taxis tick over rather noisily.
公共汽车和出租车空档慢转时噪音很大。
■Any certificates issued by us, that fall within our accredited scopes, will include the UKAS 'Tick and Crown' logo.
公司所发行的任何证书,只要是在我们的授权范围之内,将会包含英国皇家认可委员会的‘勾号和王冠'图案。
■Meanwhile the minutes kept tick ing away.
其时,时间一分一分地过去.
■Chelsea were beginning to tick.
切尔西开始进入状态。
■Making Puppets Tick: Step inside and tour the puppet workshop.
制作木偶记:漫步浏览木偶工作室。
■Tick marks are located on both sides of the control.
刻度线位于控件的两边。
■Tick your answers or write your own ideas in(d).
勾出你的答案或写下你自己的想法.
■Tick the box next to your connection to enable it.
勾选连接项后面的方框来启用该连接。
■English: Tick the box next to your connection to enable it.
勾选连接项后面的方框,从而启用该连接。
tick away
1. (时间)过去
As the minutes ticked away, she became more and more irritated.
随着时间一分一分地过去, 她变得更加不耐烦。
tick off
1. 用记号标出
He ticked off some items on the list.
他在表上标出几个项目。
tick over
1. 接近停滞; 进行缓慢
The business of the company has been ticking over for some time.
这家公司的生意已很久停滞不前了。
to/on the tick
1. 极为准时地
They arrived at six on the tick.
他们六点正准时到达。
习惯用语(as)full as a tick1.■[俚]饱满的; 吃得酒足饭饱的; 烂醉的hit the tick1.■躺下睡觉tight as a tick1.■[美俚]喝得烂醉的