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tick

[tik]

v.滴答作響, 給…標記號, 運作, 空轉 
n.滴答聲, 一會兒, 勾號, 壁蝨,蜱蟲, 枕套,褥套,<英口>賒欠

例句與用法：

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

在我離開的期間，儘量使事情照常進行。

I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.

我停住汽車，讓發動機空轉。

Meanwhile the minutes kept ticking away.

其時，時間一分一分地過去。

The clock ticks very loudly.

這只鐘發出很響的滴答聲。

There was a nice red tick in the margin.

邊上打了一個漂亮的紅勾。

詞形變化：

動詞過去式: ticked | 動詞過去分詞: ticked | 動詞現在分詞: ticking | 動詞第三人稱單數: ticks |

英文解釋:

名詞 tick:

a metallic tapping sound

同義詞：ticking

any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

同義詞：check mark, check

a light mattress

動詞 tick:

make a clicking or ticking sound

同義詞：click

make a sound like a clock or a timer

同義詞：ticktock, ticktack, beat

sew

同義詞：retick

put a check mark on or near or next to

同義詞：check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off

以上來源於大辭典