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noun tɪktɪk

  • 1British A mark (✓) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with.

    （文本上的）钩号

    North American term check mark
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have a tick with a question mark next to paragraph 93, and paragraph 94 just does not follow on the facts.
    • The translator now translates each string and switches the yellow question mark to a green tick when completed.
    • Each tick mark indicates that a nucleotide within the strain differs from the consensus sequence.
    • Graham's to-do list is now a mess of ticks and crossings-out, with only one job left to do.
    • By extension, some might put a tick mark in the loss column for Rosenhaus.
    • Each feature description also included a screenshot and a tick mark indicating whether it made significant use of graphics or not.
    • The original entry on the record read ‘IV Anti-D’, followed by a tick.
    • I also have a lounge that smells pretty, and several ticks next to names on the Christmas list.
    • The tick marks on the x-axes represent genetic markers.
    • The paper then comes back with a tick or a cross on it and nothing more!
    • In a nursing home or ward the routine is that every patient has a care plan that is religiously filled in every day with ticks or crosses - has he eaten a balanced diet?
    • The chromosome maps are given below the images, with black tick marks indicating the position of markers.
    • A tick indicates that the sentence is true that day; a blank that it is not.
    • And there's ticks and crosses to indicate everyone's preferences.
    • The use of the hyphen to divide words at the ends of lines of text dates from the 14c, and evolved from a marginal tick or check mark used to show that the final word of a line was not complete.
    • ‘You can call the agents tomorrow,’ said Graham, poring over his to-do list, all ticks and crossings out.
    • A map of the Urus-Martan area is black from ticks and marks indicating ordnance.
    • Then it's in or out, a tick or a cross, Mr or Ms Right or Mr / Ms No Thank You Very Much.
    • If any running column total exceeds 11, subtract 11 and put a tick mark in that column.
    • Over a hundred ticks marked the space beneath the heading.
    Synonyms
    mark, stroke, dash, line
    North American check, check mark

  • 2A regular short, sharp sound, especially that made by a clock or watch.

    （尤指钟、表发出的）滴答声

    the comforting tick of the grandfather clock
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Three seconds, three ticks of the clock, and the transformation from smoke to human was complete.
    • If we need the high order positions of the number, they will be ready in two ticks (one clock cycle).
    • They sat silently for a few minutes, the tick of the clock on the mantle and crackling of the fire in the fireplace now very loud in the silence.
    • The tireless tick of the clock could be heard during lulls in the conversation.
    • The grandfather clock's never ending ticks echoed throughout the pub.
    • He argues as if a tick of the clock, viz. the arrival of the Middle Ages, could cause the widespread destruction which India suffered.
    • With just 1.8 ticks left on the clock and the ball, Pitt inserted a severely hobbled Knight into the lineup who hit the front rim on a 70-foot launch.
    • In a sport in which the times are measured in hundredths of a second, she beat Giove, who took second, by 20 ticks of the clock.
    • It is an artificial construct of man that simply represents the number of ticks from a clock.
    • The second will be defined to be so many ticks of the standard clock.
    • If it hadn't have been so loud, I'd have totally counted down the seconds until freedom just by the ticks on the clock above the whiteboard.
    • They seemingly had the game in hand but New Mexico State hit with just 3 ticks left on the clock before Sparks hit the money ball from the corner pocket.
    • This blog started out a long time ago when what I concentrated on was the daily droplets; the tick of the clock, the squeak of the mouse, etc.
    • By using the very basis of matter, we can define the second to be 9,192,631,770 ticks of the caesium clock.
    • Each tick of the clock was accompanied by the amplified sound of a human heartbeat.
    • Women no longer fear the tick of the biological clock, as medical technology has proved that those with the money can pay to have it turned back.
    • She so loves the heartbeat of a clock: the tick, the pause, the lock.
    • It was regular, a beat; not quite a tap, more of a tick.
    • The obnoxious tick of the clock clicked annoyingly over the thunder itself.
    • The tick of this pulsar clock is very regular, a sharp pulse every 0.059 second.
    • At this time of night, the tick of the clock synchronises itself with my heartbeat.
    Synonyms
    clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping
    1. 2.1British informal A moment.
      I shan't be a tick

      我立马就来。

      I'll be with you in a tick

      我很快就会和你在一起。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • No, but, I mean, hang on a tick, it's how well a film can convince you of that.
      Synonyms
      moment, second, minute, bit, little while, short time, instant, split second
      informal sec, jiffy, jiff
      British informal mo, two ticks
      (very) soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any second, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long
      North American momentarily
      informal in a jiffy, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife
      British informal in two ticks, in a mo
      North American informal in a snap

  • 3Stock Market
    The smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate.

    〔股票〕点；波动点

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Professional forecasters are predicting a tick down in GDP in 2005.
    • Let's see if this fourth installment continues the up tick.
    • Any tick up in interest rates spells relief for income-starved investors who have their nest eggs locked up in certificates of deposit.
    • After this morning's 2-point surge on the release, the bond market closed the day down a tick.
    • But if the economic numbers in mid-October go up even a tick, it could be a close-run thing.
    • If the quick dose of bullishness is sustained longer than anticipated, you can raise your sell order every day to stay within a tick of the latest low.
    • The 10-year bond fared somewhat better, losing 11 ticks.
    • The tick up in non-performing loans in the last half year was modest - more modest, indeed, than it has been for some of Anglo's critics.
    • If you want to further refine the trailing buy stop technique, you can lower your buy order the next day to the level one tick above the latest price bar.
    • This establishes a baseline volume for the day to which all subsequent ticks can be related.
    • Firstly, a tick is any movement, up or down, however small, in the price of a security.
    • And within an hour it had given back all of that, too - give or take a couple of ticks.
    • Their price moves almost tick for tick with the index.
verb tɪktɪk

  • 1British with object Mark (an item) with a tick or select (a box) on a form, questionnaire, etc. to indicate that something has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with.

    给…打钩号

    just tick the appropriate box below

    就在下列适当的小框中打钩。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those stopped in the street and asked if they are ‘minded to make a big purchase’ will continue to tick the box marked ‘no’.
    • One day they were busy ticking the days off and I just though that's it - we're having Christmas early.
    • Participants were asked to explain why they had never used the Internet via a basic tick box.
    • So you're ticking those days off on the calendar?
    • In his leather bag he has an alphabetic list which he fastidiously ticks off after each visit.
    • ‘Those who consider themselves British, but have Irish roots, can still tick the Irish box’.
    • By Sun standards this is subtle stuff but the message could not be more obvious: readers are being coaxed into ticking the box marked ‘bad outweighs good’.
    • Most of the 600,000 are palpably unmoved, merely ticking the place off their list.
    • He is a happy man, journey justified, as he ticks this bird off his list.
    Synonyms
    mark, mark off, check off, indicate

  • 2no object (of a clock or other mechanical device) make regular short, sharp sounds, typically one for every second of time that passes.

    （钟或其他机械装置）发出滴答声

    I could hear the clock ticking

    我能听到钟在滴答滴答响。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, her eyes stayed open, staring into the dark, and she watched the luminescent numbers on her clock tick slowly by.
    • I think I had watched the clock tick for 4 hours when it claimed only ten minutes had go by.
    • I watched the clock tick off the seconds, and finally click over into place.
    • We were quiet for a few minutes; the only sound was the clock ticking on the wall.
    • The calendar is loaded, the meter is ticking and that damn clock has to be fast, doesn't it?
    • All that could be heard besides the patter of raindrops against the window was the sound of the clock ticking off the seconds.
    • Want to be fully informed as the calendar ticks over to 2003?
    • Measuring motions in this absolute space also required a universal clock, which ticked off the seconds for all the inhabitants of the cosmos.
    • As the clock ticks in the short interview, it becomes apparent that a new line of questioning is in order before things spin out of control.
    • Reporters spend most of their time reporting and then as the clock ticks, start banging away at the keys.
    • The first act is played with the sound of a clock ticking and whistling wind running through it, setting a foreboding atmosphere.
    • AS THE clock ticks past midnight and today moves into tomorrow, the new world rankings will be spat out from a computer in Florida.
    • The clock had barely started ticking in the second period before Killie equalised.
    • As the final seconds ticked off the clock, the shocked Scots found themselves on the losing sideline for the fifth time this season and the fourth time in as many weeks.
    • And, finally, as the clock ticks past five-thirty in the evening and you know the agent is shutting up shop for the day, realizing that you've wasted a perfectly good day.
    • The clock on the wall ticked on, its sound echoing through the otherwise silent room.
    • She suddenly took notice of what sounded like a clock ticking.
    • She watched the plastic hands tick off each second.
    • I sunk lower in my seat and watched the clock tick.
    • Gardner and teammates watched helplessly as the final six seconds ticked off the clock.
    • He slid out of bed into the darkness and picked up his cellphone, watching the numbers on the clock tick.
    Synonyms
    click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap
    1. 2.1tick away/by/past (of time) pass.
      the minutes were ticking away till the actor's appearance

      时间一点一滴地过去，然后演员才出场。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • With the timer constantly reminding players that time was ticking away, the game moved much faster and he stated that it was the most enjoyable playing of the game he's had.
      • But seeing the actual footage, with the minutes ticking by, may prove more damaging to the White House than all the statistics in the world.
      • As the 2004 election campaign ticks away its frantic dying days, Ohio finds itself having to decide who will be the next president.
      • Although time is ticking by, you can still make this Christmas special for some of the homeless Irish emigrants in Cricklewood and all over London, by contributing to the collections being organized all over the county.
      • There's definitely an acute sense in the movie of time ticking by, time running out, and I think all the dialogue that danced around but was afraid to touch upon the central issue only heightened that feeling.
      • But as time passed and seconds slowly ticked away like eternity, Liz began to lose hope.
      • An hour had ticked by since he'd moved into position.
      • Well, Miles, each moment that ticks by increases the chances, of course, that there could be a hung jury in this case.
      • Climbing into bed at a relatively early 0048 this morning, I could do little other than drift fitfully between wakefulness and a semi-conscious dozing, looking at my watch every here and again to see the hours ticking by slower than ever.
      • All the while the pregnancy ticks away… closer and closer to the 24 week mark at which point abortion becomes difficult and dangerous.
      • I hurried to be on time but the time was ticking past 17: 05.
      • As the time ticks by, you find yourself becoming heavier and drowsier, like you felt as a kid after one of those hundred-hour days on holiday by the seaside.
      • The plot of the film elapses almost in real time as the minutes tick away toward the final showdown and as one townman after another declines to join Kane in his confrontation with Miller.
      • Every moment that ticks by could provide new clues to help police track down the sniper.
      • And our dwindling supply of eggs is getting more addled with every day that ticks by.
      • The Treasurer maintains every day that ticks by is just more expense and confusion.
      • Meanwhile time was ticking by and there no sign of a start to recording.
      • As time ticks away, Charlie tries to mediate between Johnny Boy and Michael.
      • The long chain of people moved irritably slow, minutes ticking by with seemingly no progress being made.
      • At intervals I went to the front window to see if the sign had arrived, becoming more and more impatient as the morning passed and the afternoon ticked away.
    2. 2.2 Proceed or progress.
      进展，进步
      her book was ticking along nicely

      她的书进展顺利。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some Fed officials might even be willing to wait to tighten until inflation ticks up and moves the economy well clear of the deflationary danger zone.
      • Less than 2 weeks to go now (12 days, to be exact) and everything's ticking along nicely.
      • All we could do was laugh - and laugh we did, until the day turn into night and the night ticks into the early hours of the morning.
      • In the second half, gas prices may well tick up again, especially with crude oil closing in on $43 per barrel on July 28.
      • I was going to retire at 65, and I was ticking along as a delivery driver, but now I will have to work at least another five years on top of that.
      • It has also helped him pay for extra staff to keep the business ticking along when he has to meet a big order or has been forced to take time off ill.
      • It was ticking along without a care in the world.
      • Besson's storyline is vaguely intriguing, and there is that swell car-chase sequence to keep things ticking along nicely.
      • As she watched, the numbers began ticking over; when they got to the bottom of the board, they started again from the top.
      • Local eateries were doing very well, while the pubs seemed to be doing well also and, for business in general, things were ticking along better than last year.
      • For the rest of us, it was yet another chance to see how the most dysfunctional relationship in Scottish politics was ticking along.
      • I like to keep the workout ticking along, and that brisk pace dictates minimal rest intervals.
      • At least my sale seems to be ticking along, which is one very important part of the equation.
      • The Budget shouldn't be a giveaway, but must be ‘broadly neutral’ to keep the economy ticking along.
      • The bad news is as each day ticks on the funding allocation of over 1 billion per year gets taxpayers less and less road for their money.
      • One page per day will keep things ticking along quite nicely.
      • Or maybe they are just keeping the issue ticking along in order to appease their supporters.
      • Leveling off at 16,000, I turned on the dumps and watched the fuel gauge tick down.
      • As time ticks on without a major purchase, pressure is likely to mount on Fyffes to redistribute to shareholders the bounty of its war chest.
      • It's a such a relaxed atmosphere and despite all the organisation that's involved, everything is ticking over beautifully.
      • Fat is a necessary evil, as the body requires just enough to keep the physiological system ticking along.

Phrases

  • tick all the (right) boxes

    • informal Fulfil all the necessary requirements.

      〈英，非正式〉满足所有要求

      the new album should tick all the right boxes for their many fans

      这张新专辑应该能满足他们众多歌迷的所有要求。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think that ticks all the boxes.
      • The spokesman said he " ticked all the boxes ".
      • Good quality veneered furniture, reconstituted stone, granite sheeting do a job and will tick all the boxes for the discerning yet canny shopper.
      • Just two hours from Paris yet within a feasible drive to the tin can if the weather was bad, it was ticking all the boxes.
      • His background ticks all the right boxes for working for the royals, not least working closely with the UN special envoy in Sarajevo.
      • With a cast that tick all the boxes, this show is sure to be one of this season's must sees.
      • Lulu, a former Eurovision winner who appeared on the show, said that Miss Ewen " ticked all the boxes ".
      • Still, it cornered smartly, everything looked tidy and it ticked all the right boxes for practicality.
      • Fox is a crime writer who can tick all the right boxes.
      • No contender, real or perceived, ticks all the boxes.

  • what makes someone tick

    • informal What motivates someone.

      〈非正式〉某人的行为（或思想）动机是，某人动机何在

      people are curious to know what makes British men tick

      人们很想知道英国人生活的动力何在。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You come to a place in your life, though, where you really learn what makes you tick as an actress.
      • I'd like the opportunity to find out a bit what they were like as people, what makes them tick, and, you know, enjoy their company.
      • His son-in-law once said to him, ‘I have asked myself what makes you tick.’
      • In evaluating anyone's ability, I look at what kind of person they are first, try to find out what makes them tick, their ambitions, what switches them on.
      • He knows his people, what makes them tick - and why - as a result of encouraging them to talk, drawing them out and asking questions.
      • No one really knows how these people think, what makes them tick, and which of the five contenders stirs their blood.
      • They need work that allows them to develop deep one to one relationships with people, letting them understand others and discover what makes them tick.
      • Get in the head of each person, find out what makes them tick.
      • I get a thrill when I can get into the male psyche and learn about what makes them tick.
      • It's been a joy to play Kate and to delve into what makes her tick: love, patience and a huge sense of humour.
      • We're good at finding out about people, what makes them tick, what they are interested in, what they have bees in their bonnets about - a key networking skill.

Phrasal Verbs

  • tick someone off

    • 1Reprimand or rebuke someone.

      〈英，非正式〉责备；责骂

      he was ticked off by Angela

      他受到了安杰拉的指责。

      he got a ticking off from the magistrate

      他受到地方法官的斥责。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You'd tick me off if I got the variety wrong but you and I know exactly what we we're talking about if I call it an ear of wheat.
      • Later he ticked me off for not including him in on emails to the client.
      • He'd regularly tick me off for smoking, telling me I was damaging my health and I should pack it in before it was too late.
      • On Friday night I telephoned a friend who ticked me off for having interrupted her as she watched Justin Timberlake on Top Of The Pops.
      • Beyond the door Matron was ticking Bentham off for leaving Thomas alone and the other nurses were gathering, quizzing each other and expressing dismay.
      • When I lost the plot, I was passed to his supervisor who took great joy in ticking me off for going out of my mind over the phone.
      • Then we were ticked off for not taking enough exercise.
      • Mrs H first ticked her off for taking a silly route then offered her a hot bath.
      • She was ticking us off for a number of administrative errors but I think she has every confidence in the leadership we give to the appointments commission.
      • Leon Morris spat at a retail assistant who ticked him off for being in a group that was misbehaving, a court heard at another hearing.
      Synonyms
      reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate, lambaste, read someone the riot act, give someone a piece of one's mind, lecture, criticize, censure

    • 2Make someone annoyed or angry.

      〈北美，非正式〉使生气，使恼火

      Jefferson was a little ticked off, but he'll come around

      杰斐逊有点生气了，不过他会消气的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Tell me why that ticks you off, makes you feel hopeless, and makes you think I am defeatist trash.
      • But behind the hockey pads and blender parts, there ticks a mind obsessed with ticking people off.
      • Those girls were always doing something to tick him off, angering him more than humanly possible.
      • Please forgive me and know that I likewise extend forgiveness to all who have offended, insulted, irritated, or otherwise ticked me off.
      • It ticks me off to no end that they didn't even bother to send out a notification to let us hostees know that there was going to be a server move.
      • So, if any of you are ticked off by the thing, my apologies.
      • I'll make some people mad for saying this, but I'll tell you what really ticks me off.
      • Let what is deep within you come out whenever I write something that ticks you off!
      • So at this point, was I worried about ticking them off?
      • We just drive around in circles acting confused because we know how much it ticks women off.
      Synonyms
      annoy, irritate, infuriate, anger, incense, inflame, enrage, vex, irk, chagrin, exasperate, madden, pique, provoke, nettle, disturb, upset, perturb, discompose, put out, try, try someone's patience, get on someone's nerves, bother, trouble, worry, agitate, ruffle, hound, rankle with, nag, torment, pain, distress, tease, frustrate, chafe, grate, fret, gall, outrage, displease, offend, disgust, dissatisfy, disquiet

  • tick something off

    • 1Mark an item in a list with a tick to show that it has been dealt with.

      给…打钩号

      I ticked several items off my ‘to do’ list

      我在“待办事项”表里勾掉了几项。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her clipboard-wielding colleague Alan Greenlees demonstrates how this works, diligently scrutinising and ticking off trays of shells.
      • So, start ticking the days off, as come the year 2004, Shane will no longer be a single man.
      • Mr Howarth said: "We had a leaflet on meningitis and when we ticked off the symptoms the alarm bells started ringing".
      • Then it is ticked off a list of all birds found in this country.
      • But as for the diving, it is like ticking off entries in I Spy Underwater.
      • Sipping bottled water before the concert in Huntington in March, he ticked off a long list of luminaries with whom he had worked.
      • things are slowly being ticked off of the list.
      • They didn't make any effort to tick people off the voters' list or stop them voting twice.
      • You record and tick things off in the anecdote album.
      • I haven't ticked too many off just yet but many things are planned for very soon.

    • 2List items one by one in one's mind or during a speech.

      逐一思考（或列举）

      he ticked the points off on his fingers

      他掰着手指逐个思考着那些要点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had been ticking the items off on his fingers with the air of a housewife listing tasks yet to be done; now he laced the fingers behind his head and sighed vastly.
      • ‘Well, she's really small, absolutely gorgeous, drives a hot car, goes by animal names, loud, bossy,’ Samuel listed, ticking each description off on a new finger.
      • She stood stock still in the middle of the room and stared intensely at nothing, at nothing you could see anyway, and then she started ticking things off on her fingers.
      • Which was obviously not a good idea, because as soon as my dad began, aunty Lanya kind of took over the conversation and began to tick things off on her fingers as she went through a mental list in her head.
      • Charlie Kernaghan constantly ticks off a list of his failings and limits and terrors.
      • Puzzled, he looked around their small room, mentally ticking things off.
      • Speaking of bad reporting: Rob Garver ticks off a list of just some of the mistakes William Safire made in his column in The New York Times.
      • Gibbons then ticks off a list of things that would have to change between land mammals and marine mammals, ignoring all of the fossil evidence after Pakicetus.
      • The officer was going down a mental list and ticking the items off on his fingers. ‘… possession of drugs, possession of illegal weapons and technology, and assaulting an officer of the North American army.
      • She drolly ticks off a list of other claims to the first Thanksgiving in the United States: the explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1541 in the Texas Panhandle.
      • She ticked these things off like necessary items on a shopping list and as quickly forgot them.

  • tick over

    • 1(of an engine) run slowly in neutral.

      （发动机）空转；慢转

      his Mercedes was waiting for him, the engine ticking over
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now, with a 3.2GHz processor ticking over, keeping things cool isn't particularly easy.
      • It is most content cruising at high speed, with the engine ticking over quietly - but always with the promise of immense reserves of power.
      • It really isn't possible to troll using a petrol outboard, they just can't tick over slowly enough.
      • The engine started and it ticked over perfectly.
      • He wasn't conscious of the faint sound of a car engine ticking over, a little way up the street outside.
      Synonyms
      idle, run slowly in neutral
      1. 1.1Work or function at a basic or minimum level.
        （工作，功能）维持原状，最低水准运行
        they are keeping things ticking over until their father returns

        他们一切维持原状直到父亲回来。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • So Robinson needs $US1.2 million a year to keep things ticking over.
        • There has been no change of any significance in the pattern of the trade on the continent over the past week with most markets remaining similar to previous weeks and the trade just ticking over.
        • This has helped keep the economy ticking over until growth picks up.
        • The Catholic Church has apologised for the inconvenience, but reminds us that such work is necessary to keep the universe ticking over smoothly.
        • It comes, of course, at a time when North Korea is struggling to get fuel to keep its economy ticking over.
        • I've barely got enough blog in me to keep this site ticking over.
        • There's also a problem in that my normal mode of thinking of stuff to write about is mostly because my mind sort of ticks over if I'm not thinking of anything particularly fiercely.
        • He had a little break after Newbury, but we've kept him ticking over since then.
        • They keep all the bits in working order, not just ticking over in a repetitious way.
        • A positive opening in the US helped keep the Footsie ticking over while traders digested a gloomy third-quarter report from Colt Telecom.
        • I think there was more pressure on me at the time because I came in to keep things ticking over for Celtic.
        • To date the US consumer has kept the economy ticking over while the manufacturing sector went into recession.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'pat, touch'): probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch tik (noun), tikken (verb) 'pat, touch'. The noun was recorded in late Middle English as 'a light tap'; current senses date from the late 17th century.

  • The tick shown as a ✓ first meant ‘to pat, touch’ and goes back to medieval English, where it was related to tickle (Middle English), although its history is obscure. This is also the tick used to imitate the sound of a clock, and in ticker, or the heart, a sense first used in the USA at the end of the 19th century. The ‘bloodsucking parasite’ sort of tick is a different, older word which gives us the expressions tight as a tick or as full as a tick for ‘very drunk’, both of which refer to the way ticks swell as they gorge themselves on blood. Both forms of the phrase have the additional meaning ‘be full after eating’, but the more recent tight as a tick plays on two senses of tight, which can mean both ‘drunk’ and ‘stretched taut’. When you buy on credit or on tick, you are using yet another word, which is an abbreviation of ticket. The ticket in question is an IOU promising to pay the money due, but there is also the suggestion of a pun on the reputation of moneylenders as ‘bloodsucking parasites’. Both on tick and on the ticket date back to the 17th century.

Rhymes

artic, brick, chick, click, crick, flick, hand-pick, hic, hick, kick, lick, mick, miskick, nick, pic, pick, quick, rick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, trick, Vic, wick

tick2

noun tɪktɪk

  • 1A parasitic arachnid which attaches itself to the skin of a terrestrial vertebrate from which it sucks blood, leaving the host when sated. Some species transmit diseases, including tularaemia and Lyme disease.

    扁虱，蜱，壁虱

    Suborder Ixodida, order Acari (or order and subclass)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those who cannot make their own fame will feed off the fame of others like a tick sucking the blood out of a dog.
    • It takes 24 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme disease, so rapid removal is important.
    • Large ticks may carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, while the smaller, pinhead-size deer ticks can harbour Lyme disease.
    • Do a tick check every few hours or more often if in heavily infested areas.
    • Lyme disease, a disease transmitted by ticks, is the most common insect-borne illness in the United States.
    • With Lyme disease, embedded ticks have moved from disgusting to dangerous.
    • It also repels and kills deer ticks that may transmit Lyme Disease.
    • And only a small percentage of people who are bitten by a deer tick get Lyme disease.
    • More than a nuisance, fleas and ticks can transmit a host of pathogens and skin diseases to humans and their furry counterparts.
    • It usually takes eight to 48 hours for a tick to transmit diseases after it's dug in.
    • Scorpions are arachnids, relatives of spiders and ticks.
    • For example, reforestation in the United States and Europe is responsible for an increase in Lyme disease as deer ticks have more opportunities to find human hosts.
    • Typically, ticks wait on vegetation and jump on your shoes, socks, or pants when you walk by.
    • Symptoms usually appear within a week of infection but may develop up to 30 days after the tick bite.
    • Usually at the moment of the stinging, the ticks release anaesthetic substances, which makes the place of bite invisible and people are unaware of what has happened.
    • Not all ticks carry Lyme disease, which is most commonly spread to humans in the nymph stage of a tick's life.
    • Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks, no bigger than a pin-head that normally live on deer.
    • The tick attaches itself to the skin of the host and sucks its blood.
    • Mites and ticks which feed on vertebrate hair or blood often carry disease organisms, such as spirochete bacteria, responsible for relapsing fever and Lyme disease.
    • You often pick up ticks when walking through bracken, and they're best removed quickly if they attach themselves to you.
    1. 1.1informal A parasitic louse fly, especially the sheep ked.
      〈非正式〉虱蝇（尤指羊蜱蝇）

  • 2British informal A worthless or contemptible person.

    〈英，非正式〉一文不值的人；可鄙的人

    he was shown up in court for the little tick that he was
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By comparison with Richard, then, John has been seen as a weedy little tick.
    • Katzenberg, 53, is the part genius, part egomaniac and part irritating little tick who Disney froze out.
    • He really is an irritating little tick, isn't he?

Phrases

  • full (or tight) as a tick

    • informal Replete after eating (or very drunk)

      〈非正式〉吃饱喝足；酩酊大醉

      I've never risen from the table after a feed anything less than full as a tick
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We were all stuffed to the gills - or as they say in the South, as full as a tick.
      • I had dinner earlier in the evening and was still as full as a tick.
      • It's day four outside of the conference and I'm still feeling full as a tick!
      • And if I get hungry, I go shoot a hog and I'm full as a tick for a week.
      • I'm full as a tick and ready for my hot bubble bath now…
      • I can't speak for Eli, but I'll be tight as a tick on a bloodhound come Saturday.
      • Cows that had been standing around in the yard, looking full as a tick, would put their heads down and start grazing as soon as they hit the new grass.
      • By the end of the day, I was full as a tick and red from stem to stern with barbecue sauce, watermelon, and sunburn.

Origin

Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek and German Zecke.

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noun tɪktɪk

  • 1A fabric case stuffed with feathers or other material to form a mattress or pillow.

    垫套，褥套，枕芯套；褥子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She'd hidden a straw tick in the shed, and a crock of chilled butter for her welts.
    • We passed through that room and into he next where a straw tick was laid on the wooden floor.
    • I clambered into the straw tick ungracefully and flopped down, clothes and all.
    • They reach for the money, which is very close to where Huck is standing, and move it to the straw tick under the feather bed.
    • He quickly reached the top and started throwing down ticks, pillows and blankets.
    • ‘Yes sir,’ she whispered as Jeeka entered the house with the full straw ticks.
    1. 1.1
      short for ticking

Origin

Late Middle English: probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tēke, or Middle Dutch tīke, via West Germanic from Latin theca 'case', from Greek thēkē.

tick4

noun tɪktɪk
in phrase on tickBritish informal

  • On credit.

    信用；赊账；赊欠

    the printer agreed to send the brochures out on tick
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What can possibly be the answer to the funding crisis facing budding start-ups wanting to get IT kit on tick?
    • Living on tick, Adam sees nothing for it but to hop back aboard the carousel of fashionable metropolitan parties.
    • It also means the good countries can operate on tick for years.
    • It's a sign of changed circumstances in the Valley that another growth area is the repossession of cars bought on tick, whose owners can no longer afford to keep up the repayments.
    • A miracle-worker who virtually robbed Peter to pay Paul, she'd get things on tick and then save to pay people back.
    • Billy puts about a million dollars worth of party things, including the biggest possible marquee, on tick.
    • We are too fond of living for the day, of buying on tick and the never-never.
    • If you buy it on tick it'll be worn out before you've finished paying for it.

Origin

Mid 17th century: apparently short for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay.

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tick1

nountɪktik

  • 1A regular short, sharp sound, especially that made by a clock or watch.

    （尤指钟、表发出的）滴答声

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is an artificial construct of man that simply represents the number of ticks from a clock.
    • With just 1.8 ticks left on the clock and the ball, Pitt inserted a severely hobbled Knight into the lineup who hit the front rim on a 70-foot launch.
    • In a sport in which the times are measured in hundredths of a second, she beat Giove, who took second, by 20 ticks of the clock.
    • They seemingly had the game in hand but New Mexico State hit with just 3 ticks left on the clock before Sparks hit the money ball from the corner pocket.
    • He argues as if a tick of the clock, viz. the arrival of the Middle Ages, could cause the widespread destruction which India suffered.
    • The obnoxious tick of the clock clicked annoyingly over the thunder itself.
    • Three seconds, three ticks of the clock, and the transformation from smoke to human was complete.
    • She so loves the heartbeat of a clock: the tick, the pause, the lock.
    • The second will be defined to be so many ticks of the standard clock.
    • They sat silently for a few minutes, the tick of the clock on the mantle and crackling of the fire in the fireplace now very loud in the silence.
    • The tick of this pulsar clock is very regular, a sharp pulse every 0.059 second.
    • If we need the high order positions of the number, they will be ready in two ticks (one clock cycle).
    • Women no longer fear the tick of the biological clock, as medical technology has proved that those with the money can pay to have it turned back.
    • At this time of night, the tick of the clock synchronises itself with my heartbeat.
    • If it hadn't have been so loud, I'd have totally counted down the seconds until freedom just by the ticks on the clock above the whiteboard.
    • The tireless tick of the clock could be heard during lulls in the conversation.
    • Each tick of the clock was accompanied by the amplified sound of a human heartbeat.
    • The grandfather clock's never ending ticks echoed throughout the pub.
    • By using the very basis of matter, we can define the second to be 9,192,631,770 ticks of the caesium clock.
    • This blog started out a long time ago when what I concentrated on was the daily droplets; the tick of the clock, the squeak of the mouse, etc.
    • It was regular, a beat; not quite a tap, more of a tick.
    Synonyms
    clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping
    1. 1.1British informal A moment (used especially to reassure someone that one will return or be ready very soon)
      〈英，非正式〉滴答的一瞬间，一会儿
      I'll be with you in a tick

      我很快就会和你在一起。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • No, but, I mean, hang on a tick, it's how well a film can convince you of that.
      Synonyms
      moment, second, minute, bit, little while, short time, instant, split second
      soon, very soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any second, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in no time, in less than no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long

  • 2British A mark (✓) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with; a check mark.

    （文本上的）钩号

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Over a hundred ticks marked the space beneath the heading.
    • Graham's to-do list is now a mess of ticks and crossings-out, with only one job left to do.
    • By extension, some might put a tick mark in the loss column for Rosenhaus.
    • The translator now translates each string and switches the yellow question mark to a green tick when completed.
    • Each feature description also included a screenshot and a tick mark indicating whether it made significant use of graphics or not.
    • I have a tick with a question mark next to paragraph 93, and paragraph 94 just does not follow on the facts.
    • A map of the Urus-Martan area is black from ticks and marks indicating ordnance.
    • The chromosome maps are given below the images, with black tick marks indicating the position of markers.
    • The paper then comes back with a tick or a cross on it and nothing more!
    • Then it's in or out, a tick or a cross, Mr or Ms Right or Mr / Ms No Thank You Very Much.
    • Each tick mark indicates that a nucleotide within the strain differs from the consensus sequence.
    • I also have a lounge that smells pretty, and several ticks next to names on the Christmas list.
    • And there's ticks and crosses to indicate everyone's preferences.
    • The original entry on the record read ‘IV Anti-D’, followed by a tick.
    • The tick marks on the x-axes represent genetic markers.
    • If any running column total exceeds 11, subtract 11 and put a tick mark in that column.
    • A tick indicates that the sentence is true that day; a blank that it is not.
    • ‘You can call the agents tomorrow,’ said Graham, poring over his to-do list, all ticks and crossings out.
    • In a nursing home or ward the routine is that every patient has a care plan that is religiously filled in every day with ticks or crosses - has he eaten a balanced diet?
    • The use of the hyphen to divide words at the ends of lines of text dates from the 14c, and evolved from a marginal tick or check mark used to show that the final word of a line was not complete.
    Synonyms
    mark, stroke, dash, line

  • 3Stock Market
    The smallest recognized amount by which a price of a security or future may fluctuate.

    〔股票〕点；波动点

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Professional forecasters are predicting a tick down in GDP in 2005.
    • Their price moves almost tick for tick with the index.
    • But if the economic numbers in mid-October go up even a tick, it could be a close-run thing.
    • This establishes a baseline volume for the day to which all subsequent ticks can be related.
    • The tick up in non-performing loans in the last half year was modest - more modest, indeed, than it has been for some of Anglo's critics.
    • And within an hour it had given back all of that, too - give or take a couple of ticks.
    • If the quick dose of bullishness is sustained longer than anticipated, you can raise your sell order every day to stay within a tick of the latest low.
    • After this morning's 2-point surge on the release, the bond market closed the day down a tick.
    • Any tick up in interest rates spells relief for income-starved investors who have their nest eggs locked up in certificates of deposit.
    • Firstly, a tick is any movement, up or down, however small, in the price of a security.
    • Let's see if this fourth installment continues the up tick.
    • The 10-year bond fared somewhat better, losing 11 ticks.
    • If you want to further refine the trailing buy stop technique, you can lower your buy order the next day to the level one tick above the latest price bar.
verbtɪktik

  • 1no object (of a clock or other mechanical device) make regular short sharp sounds, typically one for every second of time that passes.

    （钟或其他机械装置）发出滴答声

    I could hear the clock ticking

    我能听到钟在滴答滴答响。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He slid out of bed into the darkness and picked up his cellphone, watching the numbers on the clock tick.
    • AS THE clock ticks past midnight and today moves into tomorrow, the new world rankings will be spat out from a computer in Florida.
    • Measuring motions in this absolute space also required a universal clock, which ticked off the seconds for all the inhabitants of the cosmos.
    • I sunk lower in my seat and watched the clock tick.
    • The first act is played with the sound of a clock ticking and whistling wind running through it, setting a foreboding atmosphere.
    • She watched the plastic hands tick off each second.
    • Gardner and teammates watched helplessly as the final six seconds ticked off the clock.
    • The calendar is loaded, the meter is ticking and that damn clock has to be fast, doesn't it?
    • The clock had barely started ticking in the second period before Killie equalised.
    • Want to be fully informed as the calendar ticks over to 2003?
    • And, finally, as the clock ticks past five-thirty in the evening and you know the agent is shutting up shop for the day, realizing that you've wasted a perfectly good day.
    • As the clock ticks in the short interview, it becomes apparent that a new line of questioning is in order before things spin out of control.
    • Reporters spend most of their time reporting and then as the clock ticks, start banging away at the keys.
    • Instead, her eyes stayed open, staring into the dark, and she watched the luminescent numbers on her clock tick slowly by.
    • The clock on the wall ticked on, its sound echoing through the otherwise silent room.
    • She suddenly took notice of what sounded like a clock ticking.
    • All that could be heard besides the patter of raindrops against the window was the sound of the clock ticking off the seconds.
    • We were quiet for a few minutes; the only sound was the clock ticking on the wall.
    • As the final seconds ticked off the clock, the shocked Scots found themselves on the losing sideline for the fifth time this season and the fourth time in as many weeks.
    • I think I had watched the clock tick for 4 hours when it claimed only ten minutes had go by.
    • I watched the clock tick off the seconds, and finally click over into place.
    Synonyms
    click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap
    1. 1.1tick away/by/past (of time) pass (used especially when someone is pressed for time or keenly awaiting an event)
      （尤指时间在焦急等待中）滴答滴答地过去
      the minutes were ticking away till the actor's appearance

      时间一点一滴地过去，然后演员才出场。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I hurried to be on time but the time was ticking past 17: 05.
      • As time ticks away, Charlie tries to mediate between Johnny Boy and Michael.
      • At intervals I went to the front window to see if the sign had arrived, becoming more and more impatient as the morning passed and the afternoon ticked away.
      • But seeing the actual footage, with the minutes ticking by, may prove more damaging to the White House than all the statistics in the world.
      • All the while the pregnancy ticks away… closer and closer to the 24 week mark at which point abortion becomes difficult and dangerous.
      • Meanwhile time was ticking by and there no sign of a start to recording.
      • As the 2004 election campaign ticks away its frantic dying days, Ohio finds itself having to decide who will be the next president.
      • Well, Miles, each moment that ticks by increases the chances, of course, that there could be a hung jury in this case.
      • Although time is ticking by, you can still make this Christmas special for some of the homeless Irish emigrants in Cricklewood and all over London, by contributing to the collections being organized all over the county.
      • The Treasurer maintains every day that ticks by is just more expense and confusion.
      • The plot of the film elapses almost in real time as the minutes tick away toward the final showdown and as one townman after another declines to join Kane in his confrontation with Miller.
      • Climbing into bed at a relatively early 0048 this morning, I could do little other than drift fitfully between wakefulness and a semi-conscious dozing, looking at my watch every here and again to see the hours ticking by slower than ever.
      • Every moment that ticks by could provide new clues to help police track down the sniper.
      • With the timer constantly reminding players that time was ticking away, the game moved much faster and he stated that it was the most enjoyable playing of the game he's had.
      • There's definitely an acute sense in the movie of time ticking by, time running out, and I think all the dialogue that danced around but was afraid to touch upon the central issue only heightened that feeling.
      • And our dwindling supply of eggs is getting more addled with every day that ticks by.
      • As the time ticks by, you find yourself becoming heavier and drowsier, like you felt as a kid after one of those hundred-hour days on holiday by the seaside.
      • But as time passed and seconds slowly ticked away like eternity, Liz began to lose hope.
      • The long chain of people moved irritably slow, minutes ticking by with seemingly no progress being made.
      • An hour had ticked by since he'd moved into position.
    2. 1.2tick something awaywith object (of a clock or watch) mark the passing of time with regular short sharp sounds.
      （钟或其他机械装置）发出滴答声
      the little clock ticked the precious minutes away

      宝贵的时间一分分地在小时钟的滴答声中过去了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I watched the hands on the watch tick my life away.
      • I could hear the clock ticking seconds away as the snake and spider paced restlessly between us.
      • The clock slowly ticked the hours away, as I held it in my hands.
      • As the clock ticks away to the end of the fishing season on all salmon rivers north of the Borders region, I wonder how many of us will be throwing a sickie from work over the next three days?
      • Even as the clock ticks away loud and clear in the silence of the examination hall, the sound of the clock turns into the jittery call of your pounding heart.
      • Watching the clock on the wall tick seconds away, Cole realized that something was wrong about what she'd found yesterday.
      • They walked down the hallway, through another door, and Jack looked at the simple white paint and the large grandfather clock against one wall, quietly ticking the time away.
      • The ancient clock is ticking, ticking the seconds away, but time has been standing still all the while.
      • But because they are all clocks, they harmonize with one another, as the faces match, and the hands are all ticking the time away at the same rate.
    3. 1.3 Proceed or progress.
      进展，进步
      her book was ticking along nicely

      她的书进展顺利。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Or maybe they are just keeping the issue ticking along in order to appease their supporters.
      • Besson's storyline is vaguely intriguing, and there is that swell car-chase sequence to keep things ticking along nicely.
      • All we could do was laugh - and laugh we did, until the day turn into night and the night ticks into the early hours of the morning.
      • At least my sale seems to be ticking along, which is one very important part of the equation.
      • Leveling off at 16,000, I turned on the dumps and watched the fuel gauge tick down.
      • For the rest of us, it was yet another chance to see how the most dysfunctional relationship in Scottish politics was ticking along.
      • One page per day will keep things ticking along quite nicely.
      • In the second half, gas prices may well tick up again, especially with crude oil closing in on $43 per barrel on July 28.
      • It has also helped him pay for extra staff to keep the business ticking along when he has to meet a big order or has been forced to take time off ill.
      • I was going to retire at 65, and I was ticking along as a delivery driver, but now I will have to work at least another five years on top of that.
      • The Budget shouldn't be a giveaway, but must be ‘broadly neutral’ to keep the economy ticking along.
      • I like to keep the workout ticking along, and that brisk pace dictates minimal rest intervals.
      • Some Fed officials might even be willing to wait to tighten until inflation ticks up and moves the economy well clear of the deflationary danger zone.
      • As time ticks on without a major purchase, pressure is likely to mount on Fyffes to redistribute to shareholders the bounty of its war chest.
      • The bad news is as each day ticks on the funding allocation of over 1 billion per year gets taxpayers less and less road for their money.
      • Local eateries were doing very well, while the pubs seemed to be doing well also and, for business in general, things were ticking along better than last year.
      • As she watched, the numbers began ticking over; when they got to the bottom of the board, they started again from the top.
      • Fat is a necessary evil, as the body requires just enough to keep the physiological system ticking along.
      • It was ticking along without a care in the world.
      • Less than 2 weeks to go now (12 days, to be exact) and everything's ticking along nicely.
      • It's a such a relaxed atmosphere and despite all the organisation that's involved, everything is ticking over beautifully.

  • 2British with object Mark (an item) with a tick or select (a box) on a form, questionnaire, etc., to indicate that something has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with.

    给…打钩号

    just tick the appropriate box below

    就在下列适当的小框中打钩。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Participants were asked to explain why they had never used the Internet via a basic tick box.
    • So you're ticking those days off on the calendar?
    • He is a happy man, journey justified, as he ticks this bird off his list.
    • By Sun standards this is subtle stuff but the message could not be more obvious: readers are being coaxed into ticking the box marked ‘bad outweighs good’.
    • In his leather bag he has an alphabetic list which he fastidiously ticks off after each visit.
    • Most of the 600,000 are palpably unmoved, merely ticking the place off their list.
    • One day they were busy ticking the days off and I just though that's it - we're having Christmas early.
    • Those stopped in the street and asked if they are ‘minded to make a big purchase’ will continue to tick the box marked ‘no’.
    • ‘Those who consider themselves British, but have Irish roots, can still tick the Irish box’.
    Synonyms
    mark, mark off, check off, indicate

Phrases

  • what makes someone tick

    〈非正式〉某人的行为（或思想）动机是，某人动机何在

    • informal What motivates someone.

      〈非正式〉某人的行为（或思想）动机是，某人动机何在

      people are curious to know what makes these men tick

      人们很想知道英国人生活的动力何在。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'd like the opportunity to find out a bit what they were like as people, what makes them tick, and, you know, enjoy their company.
      • You come to a place in your life, though, where you really learn what makes you tick as an actress.
      • In evaluating anyone's ability, I look at what kind of person they are first, try to find out what makes them tick, their ambitions, what switches them on.
      • We're good at finding out about people, what makes them tick, what they are interested in, what they have bees in their bonnets about - a key networking skill.
      • He knows his people, what makes them tick - and why - as a result of encouraging them to talk, drawing them out and asking questions.
      • I get a thrill when I can get into the male psyche and learn about what makes them tick.
      • They need work that allows them to develop deep one to one relationships with people, letting them understand others and discover what makes them tick.
      • No one really knows how these people think, what makes them tick, and which of the five contenders stirs their blood.
      • It's been a joy to play Kate and to delve into what makes her tick: love, patience and a huge sense of humour.
      • Get in the head of each person, find out what makes them tick.
      • His son-in-law once said to him, ‘I have asked myself what makes you tick.’

Phrasal Verbs

  • tick someone off

    • 1Make someone annoyed or angry.

      〈北美，非正式〉使生气，使恼火

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'll make some people mad for saying this, but I'll tell you what really ticks me off.
      • So at this point, was I worried about ticking them off?
      • Let what is deep within you come out whenever I write something that ticks you off!
      • Those girls were always doing something to tick him off, angering him more than humanly possible.
      • So, if any of you are ticked off by the thing, my apologies.
      • But behind the hockey pads and blender parts, there ticks a mind obsessed with ticking people off.
      • It ticks me off to no end that they didn't even bother to send out a notification to let us hostees know that there was going to be a server move.
      • We just drive around in circles acting confused because we know how much it ticks women off.
      • Tell me why that ticks you off, makes you feel hopeless, and makes you think I am defeatist trash.
      • Please forgive me and know that I likewise extend forgiveness to all who have offended, insulted, irritated, or otherwise ticked me off.
      Synonyms
      annoy, irritate, infuriate, anger, incense, inflame, enrage, vex, irk, chagrin, exasperate, madden, pique, provoke, nettle, disturb, upset, perturb, discompose, put out, try, try someone's patience, get on someone's nerves, bother, trouble, worry, agitate, ruffle, hound, rankle with, nag, torment, pain, distress, tease, frustrate, chafe, grate, fret, gall, outrage, displease, offend, disgust, dissatisfy, disquiet

    • 2Reprimand or rebuke someone.

      〈英，非正式〉责备；责骂

      he was ticked off by Angela

      他受到了安杰拉的指责。

      he got a ticking off from the boss

      他受到地方法官的斥责。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He'd regularly tick me off for smoking, telling me I was damaging my health and I should pack it in before it was too late.
      • Mrs H first ticked her off for taking a silly route then offered her a hot bath.
      • Later he ticked me off for not including him in on emails to the client.
      • She was ticking us off for a number of administrative errors but I think she has every confidence in the leadership we give to the appointments commission.
      • Then we were ticked off for not taking enough exercise.
      • Beyond the door Matron was ticking Bentham off for leaving Thomas alone and the other nurses were gathering, quizzing each other and expressing dismay.
      • Leon Morris spat at a retail assistant who ticked him off for being in a group that was misbehaving, a court heard at another hearing.
      • On Friday night I telephoned a friend who ticked me off for having interrupted her as she watched Justin Timberlake on Top Of The Pops.
      • You'd tick me off if I got the variety wrong but you and I know exactly what we we're talking about if I call it an ear of wheat.
      • When I lost the plot, I was passed to his supervisor who took great joy in ticking me off for going out of my mind over the phone.
      Synonyms
      rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate, lambaste, read someone the riot act, give someone a piece of one's mind, lecture, criticize, censure

  • tick something off

    • 1Mark an item in a list with a tick to show that it has been dealt with.

      给…打钩号

      I ticked several items off my “to do” list

      我在“待办事项”表里勾掉了几项。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mr Howarth said: "We had a leaflet on meningitis and when we ticked off the symptoms the alarm bells started ringing".
      • things are slowly being ticked off of the list.
      • I haven't ticked too many off just yet but many things are planned for very soon.
      • Sipping bottled water before the concert in Huntington in March, he ticked off a long list of luminaries with whom he had worked.
      • They didn't make any effort to tick people off the voters' list or stop them voting twice.
      • Then it is ticked off a list of all birds found in this country.
      • So, start ticking the days off, as come the year 2004, Shane will no longer be a single man.
      • You record and tick things off in the anecdote album.
      • Her clipboard-wielding colleague Alan Greenlees demonstrates how this works, diligently scrutinising and ticking off trays of shells.
      • But as for the diving, it is like ticking off entries in I Spy Underwater.

    • 2List items one by one in one's mind or during a speech.

      逐一思考（或列举）

      he ticked the points off on his fingers

      他掰着手指逐个思考着那些要点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She ticked these things off like necessary items on a shopping list and as quickly forgot them.
      • She drolly ticks off a list of other claims to the first Thanksgiving in the United States: the explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1541 in the Texas Panhandle.
      • Gibbons then ticks off a list of things that would have to change between land mammals and marine mammals, ignoring all of the fossil evidence after Pakicetus.
      • She stood stock still in the middle of the room and stared intensely at nothing, at nothing you could see anyway, and then she started ticking things off on her fingers.
      • He had been ticking the items off on his fingers with the air of a housewife listing tasks yet to be done; now he laced the fingers behind his head and sighed vastly.
      • Charlie Kernaghan constantly ticks off a list of his failings and limits and terrors.
      • Puzzled, he looked around their small room, mentally ticking things off.
      • ‘Well, she's really small, absolutely gorgeous, drives a hot car, goes by animal names, loud, bossy,’ Samuel listed, ticking each description off on a new finger.
      • Which was obviously not a good idea, because as soon as my dad began, aunty Lanya kind of took over the conversation and began to tick things off on her fingers as she went through a mental list in her head.
      • The officer was going down a mental list and ticking the items off on his fingers. ‘… possession of drugs, possession of illegal weapons and technology, and assaulting an officer of the North American army.
      • Speaking of bad reporting: Rob Garver ticks off a list of just some of the mistakes William Safire made in his column in The New York Times.

  • tick over

    • 1(of an engine) idle.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The engine will not tick over at less than 20000 revs.
      • The only way I can get it to tick over is if I hold the accelerator lever back.
      • The engine will start and sounds fine but still won't tick over on its own and cuts if you rev it around 3000 rpm on the move.
      • I fired up the two big engines, they were ticking over beautifully at approximately 1000 rpm.
      • With the engine still ticking over, the lady was genuinely worried for her safety.
      1. 1.1Work or function at a basic or minimum level.
        （工作，功能）维持原状，最低水准运行
        they are keeping things ticking over until their father returns

        他们一切维持原状直到父亲回来。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • I think there was more pressure on me at the time because I came in to keep things ticking over for Celtic.
        • They keep all the bits in working order, not just ticking over in a repetitious way.
        • The Catholic Church has apologised for the inconvenience, but reminds us that such work is necessary to keep the universe ticking over smoothly.
        • There has been no change of any significance in the pattern of the trade on the continent over the past week with most markets remaining similar to previous weeks and the trade just ticking over.
        • This has helped keep the economy ticking over until growth picks up.
        • He had a little break after Newbury, but we've kept him ticking over since then.
        • I've barely got enough blog in me to keep this site ticking over.
        • So Robinson needs $US1.2 million a year to keep things ticking over.
        • To date the US consumer has kept the economy ticking over while the manufacturing sector went into recession.
        • It comes, of course, at a time when North Korea is struggling to get fuel to keep its economy ticking over.
        • There's also a problem in that my normal mode of thinking of stuff to write about is mostly because my mind sort of ticks over if I'm not thinking of anything particularly fiercely.
        • A positive opening in the US helped keep the Footsie ticking over while traders digested a gloomy third-quarter report from Colt Telecom.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘pat, touch’): probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch tik (noun), tikken (verb) ‘pat, touch’. The noun was recorded in late Middle English as ‘a light tap’; current senses date from the late 17th century.

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nountɪktik

  • 1A parasitic arachnid that attaches itself to the skin of a terrestrial vertebrate from which it sucks blood, leaving the host when sated. Some species transmit diseases, including tularemia and Lyme disease.

    扁虱，蜱，壁虱

    Suborder Ixodida, order Acarina (or Acari)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With Lyme disease, embedded ticks have moved from disgusting to dangerous.
    • For example, reforestation in the United States and Europe is responsible for an increase in Lyme disease as deer ticks have more opportunities to find human hosts.
    • Usually at the moment of the stinging, the ticks release anaesthetic substances, which makes the place of bite invisible and people are unaware of what has happened.
    • Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks, no bigger than a pin-head that normally live on deer.
    • And only a small percentage of people who are bitten by a deer tick get Lyme disease.
    • You often pick up ticks when walking through bracken, and they're best removed quickly if they attach themselves to you.
    • Large ticks may carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, while the smaller, pinhead-size deer ticks can harbour Lyme disease.
    • More than a nuisance, fleas and ticks can transmit a host of pathogens and skin diseases to humans and their furry counterparts.
    • Mites and ticks which feed on vertebrate hair or blood often carry disease organisms, such as spirochete bacteria, responsible for relapsing fever and Lyme disease.
    • Those who cannot make their own fame will feed off the fame of others like a tick sucking the blood out of a dog.
    • It also repels and kills deer ticks that may transmit Lyme Disease.
    • Scorpions are arachnids, relatives of spiders and ticks.
    • Do a tick check every few hours or more often if in heavily infested areas.
    • Not all ticks carry Lyme disease, which is most commonly spread to humans in the nymph stage of a tick's life.
    • The tick attaches itself to the skin of the host and sucks its blood.
    • Lyme disease, a disease transmitted by ticks, is the most common insect-borne illness in the United States.
    • It takes 24 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme disease, so rapid removal is important.
    • Typically, ticks wait on vegetation and jump on your shoes, socks, or pants when you walk by.
    • Symptoms usually appear within a week of infection but may develop up to 30 days after the tick bite.
    • It usually takes eight to 48 hours for a tick to transmit diseases after it's dug in.
    1. 1.1informal A parasitic louse fly.

Origin

Old English ticia, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teek and German Zecke.

tick3

nountɪktik

  • 1A fabric case stuffed with feathers or other material to form a mattress or pillow.

    垫套，褥套，枕芯套；褥子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They reach for the money, which is very close to where Huck is standing, and move it to the straw tick under the feather bed.
    • ‘Yes sir,’ she whispered as Jeeka entered the house with the full straw ticks.
    • We passed through that room and into he next where a straw tick was laid on the wooden floor.
    • She'd hidden a straw tick in the shed, and a crock of chilled butter for her welts.
    • He quickly reached the top and started throwing down ticks, pillows and blankets.
    • I clambered into the straw tick ungracefully and flopped down, clothes and all.
    1. 1.1
      short for ticking

Origin

Late Middle English: probably Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tēke, or Middle Dutch tīke, via West Germanic from Latin theca ‘case’, from Greek thēkē.

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nountɪktik
in phrase on tickBritish informal

  • On credit.

    信用；赊账；赊欠

    the printer agreed to send the brochures out on tick
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a sign of changed circumstances in the Valley that another growth area is the repossession of cars bought on tick, whose owners can no longer afford to keep up the repayments.
    • We are too fond of living for the day, of buying on tick and the never-never.
    • If you buy it on tick it'll be worn out before you've finished paying for it.
    • Billy puts about a million dollars worth of party things, including the biggest possible marquee, on tick.
    • It also means the good countries can operate on tick for years.
    • What can possibly be the answer to the funding crisis facing budding start-ups wanting to get IT kit on tick?
    • A miracle-worker who virtually robbed Peter to pay Paul, she'd get things on tick and then save to pay people back.
    • Living on tick, Adam sees nothing for it but to hop back aboard the carousel of fashionable metropolitan parties.

Origin

Mid 17th century: apparently short for ticket in the phrase on the ticket, referring to an IOU or promise to pay.

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