tick
n
1 light and regularly repeated sound, esp that of a clock or watch 滴答聲(尤指鐘表的).
2 (infml 口) moment 一會兒: Just wait a tick! 等一下兒!
I'll be down in half a tick/in two ticks. 我馬上就下來.
3 (US check) mark put beside an item in a list to show that it has been checked or done or is correct (畫於表冊上的項目旁邊, 表示已核對、 已做或正確無誤的)記號, 對號. =>illus 見插圖. tick, v
1 [I, Ip] ~ (away) (of a clock, etc) make a series of ticks (tick1 1) (指鐘等)發出滴答聲
My watch doesn't tick because it's electric. 我的表是電動的, 不滴答響.
listened to the clock ticking/the ticking of the clock 聽鐘滴答作響
While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away. 我們等候時, 計程車里的計程表一直在滴答地響著.
2 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (off) put a tick1(3) beside (an item, etc) 在(項目等)旁邊做核對記號
tick (off) the names of those present 在出席者的姓名旁做記號
The jobs that are done have been ticked off. 做完的工作都標上了記號.
3 (idm 習語) what makes sb `tick (infml 口) what makes sb behave in the way he does 某人這樣做的原因是什麼
I've never really understood what makes her tick. 我實在弄不明白她為什麼這樣.
4 (phr v) tick away/by (of time) pass (指時間)過去
Meanwhile the minutes kept ticking away. 其時, 時間一分一分地過去. tick sth away (of a clock, etc) mark the passage of time (指鐘等)表示時間過去
The station clock ticked away the minutes. 車站的鐘顯示時間一分一分地過去. tick sb off (infml 口) rebuke or scold sb 責罵或斥責某人
get ticked off for careless work 因工作不細心而挨罵. tick over
(a) (of an engine) idle (指發動機)空轉, 慢轉
I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over. 我停住汽車, 讓發動機空轉.
(b) (of activities) continue in a routine way (指活動)照常進行
Just try and keep things ticking over while I'm away. 在我離開的期間, 盡量使事情照常進行.
tick n
1 any of various types of small parasitic insect that suck blood 蜱.
2 (Brit sl 俚) unpleasant or contemptible person 討厭的或可鄙的人.
tick n
1 [C] case of a mattress or pillow, in which the filling is contained 褥套; 枕心套.
2 [U] = ticking.
tick n [U]
(infml 口 esp Brit) credit 賒欠: get tick 賒帳
buy goods on tick 賒帳購物.
?? 考研助記
諧音“滴嗒”; 滴嗒聲是鬧鐘的 記號 網友:yqy 補充:再tick就kick
?? 擴展釋義
*[tik]n. 滴答聲, 一瞬間, 壁虱, 褥套, 信用, 賒欠vi. 滴答響, 活動vt. 滴答地記錄, 標記號于【醫】 蜱, 壁虱【經】 信用, 賒欠, 賒銷相關詞組: to the tick tick off tick sb off tick over
?? 同為「計算機」詞匯
exemptvt. 使免除,豁免;
adj. 被免除的,被豁免的;
n. 被免除(義務,責任)的人;免稅人;