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单词 tick
释义
tick
noun
uk
/tɪk/us
/tɪk/

ticknoun(MARK)

A2[C]UK
(USusuallycheck)
amark(✓) thatshowsthat something iscorrector has been done:
核对号，钩号 (✓)
Puta tickby/againstthenamesof thepeoplewho haveacceptedtheinvitation.在接受邀请的人的姓名上打钩。
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  • Put a tickoppositetheanswerthat youthinkiscorrect.
  • All hisanswershad ticks next to them.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Specific signs and symbols
  • argent
  • arrow
  • badge
  • brand
  • Britannia
  • checksomethingoff
  • chevron
  • coat of arms
  • crested
  • cross
  • dot
  • hallmark
  • L-plate
  • Maltese cross
  • Morse code
  • registered trademark
  • semaphore
  • service mark
  • shield
  • underscore
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ticknoun(SHORT TIME)

[C]UKinformal
a veryshorttime:
一会儿
Hold on/Hang on atick - I'm notquiteready.稍等一会儿——我还没准备好。
I'llbe with you in atick/in twoticks.我马上就到。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Short in time
  • abbreviated
  • at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom
  • awhile
  • be short noticeidiom
  • bite-sized
  • brief
  • dose
  • fit
  • instant
  • jiffy
  • micro-moment
  • minute
  • mo
  • moment
  • momentarily
  • split second
  • transient
  • trice
  • twinkling
  • wee hours
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ticknoun(SOUND)

[Cusually singular]
thesoundclocksandwatchesmake every second
（钟表发出的）嘀嗒声
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
  • babble
  • blaze
  • bong
  • chuff
  • clatter
  • click away
  • clicker
  • clinking
  • clunk
  • crump
  • growl
  • gunshot
  • hiss
  • jangling
  • pip
  • plunk
  • scrunch
  • sonic boom
  • white noise
  • whoosh
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Watches & clocks

ticknoun(PAYING LATER)

on tickUKold-fashionedinformal
If youbuysomething on tick, youpayfor itlater.
赊购，赊账
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Borrowing & lending
  • amortizable
  • amortization
  • arrears
  • bad debt
  • bonded
  • borrow
  • borrowing
  • credit rating
  • holiday
  • IOU
  • leveraged buyout
  • over-borrowed
  • overdraft
  • overpayment
  • pay downsomething
  • pay off
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reschedule
  • secure
  • straight
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ticknoun(ANIMAL)

[C]
a verysmallcreaturelike aspiderthatliveson andsucksthebloodof otheranimals
蜱；壁虱
picture of tick
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Arachnids
  • arachnid
  • black widow
  • chigger
  • funnel-web
  • jumping spider
  • minibeast
  • recluse spider
  • red spider
  • scorpion
  • spider
  • tarantula
  • wolf spider
tick
verb
uk
/tɪk/us
/tɪk/

tickverb(SOUND)

C2[I]
When aclockorwatchticks, it makes asoundevery second:
（钟表）发出嘀嗒声
The ticking of theclockkeptherawake.钟的滴答上让她睡不着觉。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Watches & clocks
  • 24-hour clock
  • against the clockidiom
  • alarm
  • alarm clock
  • at/on the stroke ofsomethingidiom
  • atomic clock
  • clock
  • horologist
  • horology
  • hour hand
  • hourglass
  • jewel
  • military time
  • movement
  • stroke
  • ticking
  • timekeeper
  • timepiece
  • turn the clocks backphrase
  • twenty-four-hour clock
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

tickverb(MARK)

A1[T]UK
(USusuallycheck)
tomarksomething with a tick:
给…标记号，打上钩
Tick(off)eachitemon thelistas youcompleteit.每完成一条就在清单上把这一条划掉。
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Specific signs and symbols
  • argent
  • arrow
  • badge
  • brand
  • Britannia
  • checksomethingoff
  • chevron
  • coat of arms
  • crested
  • cross
  • dot
  • hallmark
  • L-plate
  • Maltese cross
  • Morse code
  • registered trademark
  • semaphore
  • service mark
  • shield
  • underscore
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Idiom

what makessomeonetick

Phrasal verbs

tick along
tick away/by
ticksomeoneoff
ticksomethingoff
tick over
(Definition oftickfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tick| American Dictionary

tick
verb[I]
us
/tɪk/

tickverb[I](MAKE SOUND)

to make aquiet,short,regularlyrepeatedsoundlike that made by aclock:
Thatclockticks tooloudly.

ticking

noun[U]us
/ˈtɪk·ɪŋ/
the ticking of aclock

Phrasal verbs

tick offsomething
tick offsomeone
tick
noun[C]
us
/tɪk/

ticknoun[C](ANIMAL)

any of severaltypesof verysmallanimalsthatsuckthebloodof otheranimals

ticknoun[C](SOUND)

aquiet,short,regularlyrepeatedsound:
I couldhearthe ticks of thepassingseconds.
(Definition oftickfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

tick| Business English

tick
noun[C]
uk
/tɪk/us
UK
(UScheck);(check mark)
asymbolthatshowssomething iscorrector has been done orapproved:
Put a tick in thecolumnthatappliesto you.
FINANCE
(alsotick point)
thesmallestamountby whichinterestrates,shareprices, etc. canriseorfall:
Marchgiltfuturessettledlowerby 19 ticks at 109.83.
FINANCE
themovementof avaluesuch as aninterestrateorsharepricewhen itrisesorfalls:
Analysts saidcompaniescan't beexpectedtocalculateevery tick in themarket.
There has been anencouragingupwardtick inprivatesectorearnings.
on tickUKinformal
if youbuysomething on tick, youagreetopayfor itlater:
Thecontractswereboughton tick, with just 7% of thecostput up.

See also

downtick
minus tick
plus tick
uptick
tick
verb[T]
UK
uk
/tɪk/us
(UScheck)
to put asymbolnext to astatement,figure, etc. to show that it iscorrect, has been done orapproved, or is the thing youchoose:
ForinformationonfundingtickboxF10.
tick all/a lot of the boxes
to have therightqualitiesto be a goodchoiceorsolution:
Thisrescuedealticks all therightboxes.

Phrasal verbs

tick sb/sth off
tick over
(Definition oftickfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftick

tick
Among mammals, immature ticks have been identified on a wide diversity of species, including elephant shrews, rodents, lagomorphs, hyraxes, carnivores, equids and ruminants.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The adult ticks were collected during the period 1971-1978 from 1258 hosts representing 28 species, 13 families and six orders of wild mammals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this way ticks were recorded on ungulates, carnivores, rodents or pholidotes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Current knowledge indicates that ticks have a life pattern that produces apparently conflicting evolutionary selection pressures.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the second instance, host specificity was tested for ticks that had been collected 20 times or more, using data tabulated below.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both of these simulations used exactly the same number of ticks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Other ticks were only found on the mammals examined in the forests and the coastal zone.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All ticks attached were counted, and all nymphs and adults were collected into tubes with damp paper and transported live to the laboratory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What eventually emerged was a compromise that endorsed the principle of mandatory cleansing, but did little to combat ticks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A total of 600 ticks were caught by sweeping lowlying vegetation of all accessible areas at the zoos with a cotton flag (flagging method).
From theCambridge English Corpus
A comparatively low percentage of ticks survived the primary infection (45%) but of these survivors a high percentage (82%) survived the challenge (secondary) infection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In contrast, ticks dispersed within a continent by local movement of birds or domestic and wild animals are being circulated within their endemic distribution range.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The ticks were never handled manually nor impregnated with oil or any other similar substance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, it is more reliable to obtain this information directly by removing and identifying the ticks feeding on people.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The differences concerning behaviour and physiology between nidiculous and non-nidiculous ticks are enormous especially in their host-finding behaviours.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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