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

n.

1. 【口】赊账，赊欠[U]
   Could I have these things on tick?

   你能不能赊帐卖给我这些东西？

n.[C]

1. 枕套；垫套；布套[C]
2. 条纹厚棉布[U]

n.

1. Brit. a mark (✓) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen.
2. a regular short, sharp sound, especially that made every second by a clock or watch.
   ▸Brit. informal a moment.
3. Stock Exchange  the smallest amount by which the price of a security or future may fluctuate.

v.

1. chiefly Brit. mark with a tick.
2. make regular ticking sounds.
3. (tick away/by/past) (of time) pass inexorably.
   ▸ (tick along) proceed; progress.
4. (tick over) (of an engine) run slowly in neutral.
   ▸Brit. work or function at a basic or minimum level.
5. (tick someone off) Brit. informal reprimand or rebuke someone.
6. (tick someone off) N. Amer. informal make someone annoyed or angry.

n.

1. a parasitic arachnid which attaches itself to the skin, from which it sucks blood. [Suborder Ixodida: many species.]
   ▸informal a parasitic louse fly, especially the sheep ked.
2. Brit. informal a worthless or contemptible person.

n.

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