tick-tock

短语
FREQ #19412

n. 动力, 动因

发音

其它

词形变化

tick-tocks 复数 tick-tocked tick-tocking tick-tocks 三单 tick-tocks tick-tocking 现在分词 tick-tocked 过去式 tick-tocked 过去分词

别名

tick tock ticktock

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sound of a ticking clock.

  2. 2.

    A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.

    媒体
v.
  1. 1.

    To make continual clicking sounds like those of an analog clock; to tick.

  2. 2.

    When marching, to swing arms and legs on the same side at the same time.

interj.
  1. 1.

    The sound of the ticking of an analog clock.

    滴答

  2. 2.

    A warning of some fateful impending event.

    非正式

    Near-synonym: clock is ticking

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

tic-tac

上位词 2

ticking tick
动词

同义词 3

beat tick ticktack

上位词 2

go sound

词源

Onomatopoeia based on tick.

来源：wiktionary