tick

英 [tɪk]

美 [tɪk]

v.  发出滴答声; 滴答地走时; 标记号; 打上钩; 打对号
n.  核对号; 对号; 钩号; 记号; 蜱，壁虱，扁虱(吸血寄生虫，有些种类传播疾病); (尤指钟表的)滴答声

现在分词：ticking　复数：ticks　过去式：ticked　过去分词：ticked　第三人称单数：ticks　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.5977 / COCA.7358

短语动词

短语用例

tick away/by/past

• 过去；流逝
  to pass
  1. In the silence we could hear the clock ticking.
     寂静中，我们能听到钟表滴答作响。
  2. 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。
  3. a ticking bomb
     滴答作响的定时炸弹

tick sth↔away

• 标示时间流逝
  to mark the time as it passes

tick sb↔off

• 责备，斥责，责骂（尤指犯错的孩子）
  to speak angrily to sb, especially a child, because they have done sth wrong
  1. a tick bite
     蜱叮咬之处
• 使生气；使烦恼
  to make sb angry or annoyed
  1. The only sound was the soft tick of the clock.
     唯一的响声是钟表轻轻的滴答声。

tick sb/sth off

• 给…画上钩；给…打核对号
  to put a mark (✓) beside a name or an item on a list to show that sth has been dealt with
  1. Can I have these on tick ?
     我可以赊购这些东西吗？

tick over

• 空转；慢速运转
  to run slowly while the vehicle is not moving
• （没有进展地）徐缓运作
  to keep working slowly without producing or achieving much

习惯用语

v.

tick all the/sb's boxes
• 投其所好；迎合众人 / 某人的喜好
  to do exactly the right things to please sb
• This is a movie that ticks all the boxes.
  这是一部适合众人口味的影片。
what makes sb tick
• 使某人这样做的原因
  what makes sb behave in the way that they do
• I've never really understood what makes her tick.
  我从未真正弄懂她为什么这么做。

牛津词典

verb

• 发出滴答声；滴答地走时
  to make short, light, regular repeated sounds to mark time passing
  1. In the silence we could hear the clock ticking.
     寂静中，我们能听到钟表滴答作响。
  2. 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。
  3. a ticking bomb
     滴答作响的定时炸弹
• 标记号；打上钩；打对号
  to put a mark (✓) next to an item on a list, an answer, etc.
  1. Please tick the appropriate box.
     请在适合的方框内打钩。
  2. Tick ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to each question.
     在每个问题的“是”或“否”旁打钩。
  3. I've ticked the names of the people who have paid.
     我在已付款者的姓名旁画了钩。

noun

• 核对号；对号；钩号；记号
  a mark (✓) put beside a sum or an item on a list, usually to show that it has been checked or done or is correct
  1. 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。
• 蜱，壁虱，扁虱（吸血寄生虫，有些种类传播疾病）
  a small insect that bites humans and animals and sucks their blood. There are several types of tick , some of which can carry diseases.
  1. a tick bite
     蜱叮咬之处
• （尤指钟表的）滴答声
  a short, light, regularly repeated sound, especially that of a clock or watch
  1. The only sound was the soft tick of the clock.
     唯一的响声是钟表轻轻的滴答声。
• 一会儿；一瞬间；一刹那；片刻
  a moment
  1. Hang on a tick!
     等一会，别挂断电话！
  2. I'll be with you in two ticks.
     我马上就来。
• 赊账；赊欠；赊购
  permission to delay paying for sth that you have bought
  1. Can I have these on tick ?
     我可以赊购这些东西吗？

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 钩号(符号为√)
  Atickis a written mark like a V: ✓. It is used to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with.
  1. His exercise books were full of well deserved red ticks...
     他的练习本上尽是些红钩钩，都是他应得的。
  2. Place a tick in the appropriate box.
     在相应的方框里打钩。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 check


• VERB 在(纸)上打钩
  If youticksomething that is written on a piece of paper, you put a tick next to it.
  1. Please tick this box if you do not wish to receive such mailings...
     如果你不想收到此类邮件，请在这个方框里打钩。
  2. As each boy said yes, he ticked their name.
     随着男孩们依次答到，他在他们的名字旁打了钩。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 check


• VERB (钟表)嘀嗒作响，发出嘀嗒声
  When a clock or watchticks, it makes a regular series of short sounds as it works.
  1. A wind-up clock ticked busily from the kitchen counter.
     一只上了弦的钟在厨房的案子上嘀嗒响个不停。
  2. Tick awaymeans the same astick.
     tick away 同 tick
  3. A grandfather clock ticked away in a corner.
     一只落地式大摆钟在墙角嘀嗒作响。
• N-COUNT (钟表的)嘀嗒声
  Thetickof a clock or watch is the series of short sounds it makes when it is working, or one of those sounds.
  1. He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock.
     他坐在那儿，听着落地式大摆钟嘀嗒作响。
• N-COUNT 一瞬间;一刹那
  You can usetickto refer to a very short period of time.
  1. Just hang on a tick, we may be able to help...
     稍等一会儿，我们或许能帮上忙。
  2. I'll be back in a tick...
     我马上就回来。
  3. I shall be with you in two ticks.
     我过会儿就到。
• VERB (某人的思想、愿望或情感使其)做出…举动;有…的行为
  If you talk about what makes someonetick, you are talking about the beliefs, wishes, and feelings that make them behave in the way that they do.
  1. He wanted to find out what made them tick...
     他想搞清楚他们为什么会那样。
  2. I'm interested in how people tick.
     我对人们的所思所想很感兴趣。
• N-COUNT 蜱;壁虱
  Atickis a small creature which lives on the bodies of people or animals and uses their blood as food.
  1. ...chemicals that destroy ticks and mites...
     杀灭蜱和螨虫的化学品
  2. Tick bites can cause Lyme disease.
     被蜱叮咬会引发莱姆病。

英英释义

noun

• any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis
• a light mattress
• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
  1. as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
  Synonym:check markcheck
• a metallic tapping sound
  1. he counted the ticks of the clock
  Synonym:ticking

verb

• put a check mark on or near or next to
  1. Please check each name on the list
  2. tick off the items
  3. mark off the units
  Synonym:checkcheck offmarkmark offtick off
• sew
  1. tick a mattress
  Synonym:retick
• make a sound like a clock or a timer
  1. the clocks were ticking
  2. the grandfather clock beat midnight
  Synonym:ticktockticktackbeat
• make a clicking or ticking sound
  1. The clock ticked away
  Synonym:click

双语例句

• Just hang on a tick, we may be able to help
  稍等一会儿，我们或许能帮上忙。
• I'm interested in how people tick.
  我对人们的所思所想很感兴趣。
• Did he tick you off?
  他惹毛你了？
• As each boy said yes, he ticked their name.
  随着男孩们依次答到，他在他们的名字旁打了钩。
• He put a tick by her name on the list.
  在名单上他在她的名字旁打了一个勾号。
• Abdel felt free to tick him off for smoking too much
  阿卜杜勒动辄责骂他抽烟太凶。
• Tick bites can cause Lyme disease.
  被蜱叮咬会引发莱姆病。
• His exercise books were full of well deserved red ticks
  他的练习本上尽是些红钩钩，都是他应得的。
• He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock.
  他坐在那儿，听着落地式大摆钟嘀嗒作响。
• Put a tick opposite the answer that you think is correct.
  在你认为对的答案旁打个勾。