tick

[tik]

v.滴答作响, 给…标记号, 运作, 空转
n.滴答声, 一会儿, 勾号, 壁虱,蜱虫, 枕套,褥套,赊欠

例句与用法：

Just try and keep things ticking over while I'm away.

在我离开的期间，尽量使事情照常进行。

I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.

我停住汽车，让发动机空转。

Meanwhile the minutes kept ticking away.

其时，时间一分一分地过去。

The clock ticks very loudly.

这只钟发出很响的滴答声。

There was a nice red tick in the margin.

边上打了一个漂亮的红勾。

词形变化：

动词过去式: ticked | 动词过去分词: ticked | 动词现在分词: ticking | 动词第三人称单数: ticks |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. (钟, 表等的)滴答声

Each tick of the clock was bringing the fatal hour nearer.

随着时钟的每一个滴答声, 关键的时刻越来越近了。

2. 【英】(核对完毕后画的)记号, 勾号

He put a tick beside each word in the glossary that he had learned by heart.

他在词表中每一个已熟记的生词旁做个记号。

3. 【英】【口】一瞬, 片刻

I'll be with you in a tick.

我一会儿就跟你来。

vi.

1. 发滴答声

The clock ticked louder and louder in a quiet room.

钟的滴答声在静静的房间里变得越来越响。

2. 工作, 起作用

What makes the computer tick?

计算机的工作原理是什么?

vt.

1. 在滴答声中度过(或报知)[(+away)]

The clock ticked the minutes.

时钟滴答滴答地报时。

2. 【英】(核对后)给……标记号, 勾去[(+off)]

He ticked the items delivered one by one.

他把交付的物品一项项作了记号。

3. 【口】责备, 斥责[(+off)]

David ticked me off for being late.

戴维责备我迟到。

n.[C]

1. 壁虱

2. 【英】【口】讨厌鬼

短语词组：

tick away

1. (时间)过去

As the minutes ticked away, she became more and more irritated.

随着时间一分一分地过去, 她变得更加不耐烦。

tick off

1. 用记号标出

He ticked off some items on the list.

他在表上标出几个项目。

tick over

1. 接近停滞; 进行缓慢

The business of the company has been ticking over for some time.

这家公司的生意已很久停滞不前了。

to/on the tick

1. 极为准时地

They arrived at six on the tick.

他们六点正准时到达。