tick

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n. 滴答声, 一瞬间, 壁虱, 褥套, 信用, 赊欠 vi. 滴答响, 活动 vt. 滴答地记录, 标记号于

发音

US /tɪk/
AU /tɪk/

词形变化

ticks 复数 ticks 三单 ticking 现在分词 ticked 过去式 ticked 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

  2. 1.

    A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.

    滴答声

    The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.

  3. 2.

    A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

    At midday, the long bond is up a tick.

  4. 3.

    A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).

    计算机 工程 数学
  5. 4.

    A short period of time, particularly a second.

    非正式

    I'll be back in a tick.

  6. 5.

    A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.

    游戏
  7. 6.

    Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.

    游戏
  8. 7.

    A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.

    记号

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰

    Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box

  9. 8.

    A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.

    生物 动物学
  10. 9.

    A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).

    生物 动物学
  11. 10.

    A tap or light touch.

  12. 11.

    A slight speck.

  13. 1.

    Ticking.

    不可数 可数
  14. 2.

    A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.

    可数 不可数
  15. 1.

    Credit, trust.

    英国 非正式 不可数
  16. 1.

    A goat.

    废旧

    Tickhill, Tickham, Ticknock, Tickenhall Drive, Tickenhill Manor, Tickenhurst

v. B1
  1. 1.

    To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock.

    打勾

  2. 2.

    To make a tick or checkmark.

  3. 3.

    To work or operate, especially mechanically.

    非正式 不及物

    He took the computer apart to see how it ticked.

    I wonder what makes her tick.

  4. 4.

    To strike gently; to pat.

  5. 5.

    To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

    及物 生物 动物学
  6. 1.

    To go on trust, or credit.

    不及物
  7. 2.

    To give tick; to trust.

    及物

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.

来源:wiktionary