n. 十字叉;滴答声;扁虱;褥套(tick的复数)
n a metallic tapping sound
n any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
n a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
n a light mattress
v make a clicking or ticking sound
v make a sound like a clock or a timer
v sew
v put a check mark on or near or next to

tick的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. The clock ticks very loudly.这只钟发出很响的滴答声。
  2. My watch doesn't tick because it's electronic.我的表不滴答作响,因为它是电子表。
  3. The teacher ticks off a name on a list.老师在名单上的一个名字旁打勾。
  4. Listen carefully and tick the sentences which are correct.认真听,并标记正确的句子。
  5. That's what makes the world tick.使世界持续活动的动力,就在于此。
  6. Buses and taxis tick over rather noisily.公共汽车和出租车空档慢转时噪音很大。
  7. I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.我停住汽车,让发动机空转。
用作名词(n.)
  1. They could hear the regular tick of the clock.他们能听见时钟有规律的滴答声。
  2. Just wait a tick!等一下儿!
  3. There was a nice red tick in the margin.边上打了一个漂亮的红勾。
  4. Opposite his own name was a small tick.紧接在他名字后面的是一个小对号。
  5. 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。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. Your watch ticks very loudly.你的表滴答声真响。
  2. The clock ticked louder and louder in a quiet room.钟的滴答声在静静的房间里越来越响。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. The clock ticked the minutes.时钟滴答滴答地报出时间。
  2. He ticked the items that were delivered one by one.他把业已交付的物品逐项作了登记。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
tick away (v.+adv.)
    过去 (hours, minutes, seconds, etc.) to passtick away

    The clock ticks away on the shelf.

    时钟在搁板上滴答滴答地响着。

    It was so quiet I could hear my wristwatch ticking away.

    周围静悄悄的,我能听到自己的手表滴答滴答地响着。

    tick away

    Meantime life in the ward ticked away as usual.

    在此期间,病房生活跟平时一样,按部就班地进行下去。

    As the minutes ticked away they began to lose patience.

    随着时间一分钟一分钟地过去,他们开始变得不耐烦了。

    tick sth ⇔ away

    The clock ticked away the time.

    时钟滴答滴答地响着,时间在一点一点过去。

    The railway station clock ticked away the hours of waiting.

    火车站的时钟滴答不止,在等候之中几小时过去了。

tick off (v.+adv.)
    激怒 make angry or indignanttick sth ⇔ off

    He ticked off the items one by one.

    他把这些项目逐一标出。

    He ticked off each item on the list.

    他核对了清单上的每一个项目。

    She ticked off some of the names on her list.

    她把名单上的一些名字勾出来。

    Please tick off the titles of the books you wish to buy.

    请勾出你要购买的书籍的名字。

    tick sth ⇔ off

    Each taxi is fitted with a meter ticking off the fare due.

    每辆出租汽车都装有一个计算车费的计程表。

    They ticked off a few specific causes for the price spiral in their country.

    他们列举了他们国内物价螺旋上升的几个具体原因。

    tick sb ⇔ off

    He ticked me off because I was late.

    由于我迟到,他责备我。

    Why did you tick little Peter off in such a way?

    你为什么这样训斥小彼得?

    The boy was ticked off for staying out so late.

    男孩因回家太晚而受到责备。

    The young man was ticked off for his impudence.

    这青年由于无礼而受到责备。

    tick off

    That was a period which it would be so difficult to tick off in a phrase.

    那是个很难用一句话来概括的一个时代。

    tick sb ⇔ off

    The cancellation of the football match really ticked him off.

    足球赛的取消真把他给气坏了。

tick out (v.+adv.)
    滴答滴答地发出 give forth by repeated ticking beatstick sth ⇔ out

    The telegraph ticked out a message.

    发报机滴答滴答地发出一份电报。

tick over (v.+adv.)
    吞吞吐吐,支支吾吾 falter

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • tick away minutes滴滴答答地送走时间
  • tick by过了几秒钟
  • tick off用记号标出
  • tick sb off谴责某人
  • tick out messages滴答滴答地打出电报
  • tick over接近停滞; 进行得极缓慢

经典引文

  • Questions..that..could be answered either with a simple tick or by writing.

    出自:G. Gorer
  • When he had no funds he went on tick.

    出自:Thackeray
  • Giving tick unlimited, or even remission of all charges.

    出自:R. D. Blackmore
  • His sons..ticking and toying with the daughters of their lord.

    出自:Bunyan
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