1. 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.

tick

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. Place a tick in the appropriate box.
           在相应的方框里打钩。

2. 在(纸)上打钩
    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...
           如果你不想收到此类邮件，请在这个方框里打钩。
    e.g. 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。

3. (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.

tick

    e.g. 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。

4. (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.

    e.g. 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. 一瞬间;一刹那
    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...
           稍等一会儿，我们或许能帮上忙。
    e.g. I'll be back in a tick...
           我马上就回来。

6. (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.

tick的近义词

    e.g. He wanted to find out what made them tick...
           他想搞清楚他们为什么会那样。
    e.g. I'm interested in how people tick.
           我对人们的所思所想很感兴趣。

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...
           杀灭蜱和螨虫的化学品
    e.g. Tick bites can cause Lyme disease.
           被蜱叮咬会引发莱姆病。

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