tick

verb

1. 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
2. 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

1. 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。
2. 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
3. （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。
4. 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。
5. 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？

1. N-COUNT 钩号(符号为√)
   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.
   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


2. VERB 在(纸)上打钩
   If you tick something 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


3. VERB (钟表)嘀嗒作响，发出嘀嗒声
   When a clock or watch ticks, 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 away means the same as tick .
      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。
4. N-COUNT (钟表的)嘀嗒声
   The tick of 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。
5. N-COUNT 一瞬间;一刹那
   You can use tick to 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。
6. 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 someone tick, 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。
7. N-COUNT 蜱;壁虱
   A tick is 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。

1. Put a tick next to those activities you like and a cross next to those you dislike.
   在你喜欢的活动旁打钩，在不喜欢的活动旁画叉。
2. 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。
3. Place a tick in the appropriate box.
   在相应的方框里打钩。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Just hang on a tick, we may be able to help
   稍等一会儿，我们或许能帮上忙。
9. I'll be back in a tick
   我马上就回来。
10. I shall be with you in two ticks.
    我过会儿就到。
11. He wanted to find out what made them tick
    他想搞清楚他们为什么会那样。
12. I'm interested in how people tick.
    我对人们的所思所想很感兴趣。
13. Tick bites can cause Lyme disease.
    被蜱叮咬会引发莱姆病。
14. Abdel felt free to tick him off for smoking too much
    阿卜杜勒动辄责骂他抽烟太凶。
15. The silence were broken only by the tick of the clock.
    只有钟的滴答声打破了寂静。
16. The back tick or back quote operator (``) expands commands in place.
    反勾号或反引号操作符（``）可以对命令进行扩展。
17. So I sat down to see how many points I could tick off on the various generic lists.
    所以，我坐了下来，看看这各种概括清单中提到的愿望，我可以勾掉几条。
18. 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。
19. Only this last did I tick with conviction, thinking we were back on hairdos again.
    我把最后一条勾了出来，还以为我们又回到发型那种问题上了。
20. Can you let me have this on tick until thursday?
    你能让我赊购这件东西，到星期四付款吗？
21. This is a pretty early tick, I reckon.
    我认为这是个较早的扁虱。
22. Put a tick opposite the answer that you think is correct.
    在你认为对的答案旁打个勾。
23. Note that more than one event can occur for each tick.
    注意每个tick中可以出现多个事件。
24. It's a good enough tick for me.
    对我来说，这扁虱够好的了。
25. Teacher write a tick quickly.
    老师快速地写了一个勾。
26. Did he tick you off?
    他惹毛你了？
27. I had to tick him off for being late again.
    由于他又一次迟到，我责备了他。
28. That don't look like no flea and tick thing to me.
    看起来不像是跳蚤和扁虱。
29. I can tick the order. What do you want?
    我要点菜了，你想吃什么？
30. I decided it was time to tick the cupping box on my list.
    我决定是时候滴答作响拔罐框我的名单上。

tick away/by/past

1. 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

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

tick sb↔off

1. 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
2. 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

1. 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

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

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
  1. 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
  1. I've never really understood what makes her tick.
     我从未真正弄懂她为什么这么做。

noun

1. any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis

2. a light mattress

3. 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

4. a metallic tapping sound
   1. he counted the ticks of the clock

   Synonym:    ticking

verb

1. 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

2. sew
   1. tick a mattress

   Synonym:    retick

3. make a sound like a clock or a timer
   1. the clocks were ticking
   2. the grandfather clock beat midnight

   Synonym:    ticktockticktackbeat

4. make a clicking or ticking sound
   1. The clock ticked away

   Synonym:    click