1. 鉤號(符號為√)
    A tick is a written mark like a V: ?. It is used to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with.

tick

    e.g. His exercise books were full of well deserved red ticks...
           他的練習(xí)本上盡是些紅鉤鉤，都是他應(yīng)得的。
    e.g. Place a tick in the appropriate box.
           在相應(yīng)的方框里打鉤。

2. 在(紙)上打鉤
    If you tick something that is written on a piece of paper, you put a tick next to it.

    e.g. Please tick this box if you do not wish to receive such mailings...
           如果你不想收到此類郵件，請?jiān)谶@個(gè)方框里打鉤。
    e.g. As each boy said yes, he ticked their name.
           隨著男孩們依次答到，他在他們的名字旁打了鉤。

3. (鐘表)嘀嗒作響，發(fā)出嘀嗒聲
    When a clock or watch ticks, it makes a regular series of short sounds as it works.

tick

    e.g. A wind-up clock ticked busily from the kitchen counter.
           一只上了弦的鐘在廚房的案子上嘀嗒響個(gè)不停。

4. (鐘表的)嘀嗒聲
    The tick of a clock or watch is the series of short sounds it makes when it is working, or one of those sounds.

    e.g. He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock.
           他坐在那兒，聽著落地式大擺鐘嘀嗒作響。

5. 一瞬間;一剎那
    You can use tick to refer to a very short period of time.

tick

    e.g. Just hang on a tick, we may be able to help...
           稍等一會兒，我們或許能幫上忙。
    e.g. I'll be back in a tick...
           我馬上就回來。

6. (某人的思想、愿望或情感使其)做出…舉動(dòng);有…的行為
    If you talk about what makes someone tick, you are talking about the beliefs, wishes, and feelings that make them behave in the way that they do.

tick的近義詞

    e.g. He wanted to find out what made them tick...
           他想搞清楚他們?yōu)槭裁磿菢印?br />    e.g. I'm interested in how people tick.
           我對人們的所思所想很感興趣。

7. 蜱;壁虱
    A tick is a small creature which lives on the bodies of people or animals and uses their blood as food.

    e.g. ...chemicals that destroy ticks and mites...
           殺滅蜱和螨蟲的化學(xué)品
    e.g. Tick bites can cause Lyme disease.
           被蜱叮咬會引發(fā)萊姆病。

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