ticking

noun

1. （尤指做床垫和枕芯套的）结实条纹棉布
   a type of strong cotton cloth that is often striped, used especially for making mattress and pillow covers

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. He was conscious of a clock ticking
   他听到了钟的嘀嗒声。
2. I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off
   我就是觉得这样太粗鲁，叫我很生气。
3. Very slowly he moved forward, the engine ticking over.
   他慢慢往前开，发动机低速运转。
4. The market is at least ticking over
   至少市场还在缓慢发展。
5. It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
   这使你进展缓慢，得意不起来。
6. They got a ticking off from the police.
   他们被警察训斥了一通。
7. The clock is ticking.
   台钟在滴答滴答地响。
8. The night was very quiet except for the ticking of the clock.
   夜很静，只有钟摆滴答滴答地响。
9. I do not hear a biological clock ticking, only the nerve wrecking ticks of bombs yet to explode.
   我听不见生物钟的滴答作响，只听到即将爆炸的炸弹那令人神经崩溃的走秒声。
10. This is no time for holding back-the clock is ticking.
    这不是退缩的时候，时钟已经开始倒计时了。
11. You can hear the clock ticking.
    你可以听到钟在滴答作响。
12. These kids are like a ticking time bomb.
    那些孩子就像绑了定时炸弹似的。
13. The office is filled with clocks. I count 17, not all of them ticking.
    办公室里到处是钟，我数了数，总共有17个，但有些没有在走。
14. I say might because the Chinese have a population age bomb ticking loudly.
    我说“或许”是因为中国人口的平均年龄这颗炸弹一直在滴答作响。
15. You can certainly beat this with a ticking of finger typing.
    当然你用手指敲击一下就可以。
16. That the clock is ticking for you.
    你的生命之钟在嘀嗒作响。
17. I gave her a real ticking off yesterday.
    昨天我着实责骂了她一顿。
18. And your biological clock stopped ticking.
    而且你的生理时钟也已停止了。
19. What he heard was the ticking of his watch.
    他听见的其实是手表的滴答声。
20. As he watches, it begins ticking forward again.
    他看着的时候，表又开始向前走了。
21. This week you could hear the clock ticking.
    最近你就能听见时钟的滴答声了。
22. It was so quiet I could hear my wrist-watch ticking away.
    安静得我能听到我手表的滴答声。
23. She could hear a faint ticking.
    她可以听到钟的隐隐约约的滴答声。
24. There will not be a ticking clock on a nuclear device.
    不再会有核弹引爆计时器了。
25. Time ticking clock chimed quietly, 11 o'clock bell ring.
    时间滴答，时钟静静地敲响了11点的铃声。
26. A ticking biological clock sometimes isn't enough. That's where science steps in and helps it along.
    有时仅靠“滴答”作响的生物钟是不够的，这时需要科学的介入和帮忙了。
27. It's ticking. I hear a ticking.
    嘀嗒声。我听到一声嘀嗒声。
28. Am I listening to my heartbeat or the ticking of the clock?
    我听见的是我的心跳或时钟的滴答作响？
29. I could hear the clock on the wall ticking.
    我听得见墙上的钟在滴答地响。
30. While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.
    我们等候时，计程车里的计程表一直在滴答地响着。

noun

1. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

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

   Synonym:    tick