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tick

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tick
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he / she / it ticks
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past simple ticked
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past participle ticked
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-ing form ticking
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Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] (of a clock, etc.钟表等) to make short, light, regular repeated sounds to mark time passing发出滴答声；滴答地走时
    • In the silence we could hear the clock ticking.寂静中，我们能听到钟表滴答作响。🔊🔊
    • a ticking bomb滴答作响的定时炸弹
    • tick away While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.我们等候时，出租汽车的计程器一直在滴答滴答地走着。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • loudly
    • relentlessly
    • away
    • …
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  2. [transitive] (British English)
    (North American English check)
    tick something to put a mark (✓) next to an item on a list, an answer, etc.标记号；打上钩；打对号
    • Please tick the appropriate box.请在适合的方框内打钩。🔊🔊
    • Tick ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to each question.在每个问题的 “是” 或 “否” 旁打钩。🔊🔊
    • I've ticked the names of the people who have paid.我在已付款者的姓名旁画了钩。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • simply
    • mentally
    • off
    • …
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    3. Word Originverb 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.
Idioms
the clock is ticking (down)
  1. used to say that there's not much time left before something happens
    • The clock is ticking down to midnight on New Year’s Eve.时钟在新年前夜计时到午夜。
    • The clock is ticking for one mystery lottery winner who has less than 24 hours to claim a £64 million prize.一位神秘彩票获胜者的钟声在滴答滴答，他在不到24小时的时间内就获得了6400万英镑的奖金。
tick all the/somebody’s boxes
  1. (British English, informal) to do exactly the right things to please somebody投其所好；迎合众人／某人的喜好
    • This is a movie that ticks all the boxes.这是一部适合众人口味的影片。🔊🔊
    • The house we would like to buy ticks all our boxes.我们想买的房子打勾了我们所有的盒子。
what makes somebody tick
  1. what makes somebody behave in the way that they do使某人这样做的原因
    • I've never really understood what makes her tick.我从未真正弄懂她为什么这么做。🔊🔊

tick

noun
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  1. [countable] (British English)
    (North American English check mark, check)
    a mark (✓) put next to a sum or an item on a list, usually to show that it has been checked or done or is correct核对号；对号；钩号；记号
    • Put a tick in the appropriate box if you would like further information about any of our products.如想进一步了解我们任何产品的情况，请在适当的方框内打钩。🔊🔊
    • You can put a mental tick against all the food items for the party.您可以在聚会的所有食品上打个勾号。
    compare cross, X
  2. [countable] a very small creature that bites humans and animals and drinks their blood. There are several types of tick, some of which can carry diseases.蜱，壁虱，扁虱（吸血寄生虫，有些种类能传播疾病）
    • a tick bite蜱叮咬之处
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.c1
  3. (also ticking)
     [uncountable] a short, light, regularly repeated sound, especially that of a clock or watch（尤指钟表的）滴答声
    • The only sound was the soft tick of the clock.唯一的响声是钟表轻轻的滴答声。🔊🔊
    • The loud tick of the hall clock kept me awake.大厅钟的响亮滴答声使我保持清醒。
  4. [countable] (British English, informal) a moment一会儿；一瞬间；一刹那；片刻
    • Hang on a tick!等一会儿，别挂断电话！🔊🔊
    • I'll be with you in two ticks.我马上就来。🔊🔊
    5. Word Originnoun sense 1 and noun senses 3 to 4 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. noun sense 2 Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek and German Zecke. noun sense 5 mid 17th cent.: apparently short for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay.
Idioms
on tick
  1. (British English, old-fashioned, informal) on credit音频 DVD（全写为 digital versatile disc audio）
    • Can I have these on tick?我可以赊购这些东西吗？🔊🔊