词典释义：
a mark (√) used to indicate that a textual item is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with
（文本上的）钩号。
a regular short, sharp sound, especially that made every second by a clock or watch
（尤指钟、表发出的）滴答声。
〈英， 非正式〉 滴答的一瞬间，一会儿
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I shan't be a tick 我立马就来
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I'll be with you in a tick .我很快就会和你在一起。
【股票】 点；波动点。
[with obj.]mark (an item) with a tick, typically to show that it has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with
给…打钩号
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just tick the appropriate box below .就在下列适当的小框中打钩。
[no obj.](of a clock or other mechanical device)make regular short sharp sounds
（钟或其他机械装置）发出滴答声
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I could hear the clock ticking .我能听到钟在滴答滴答响。
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（尤指时间在焦急等待中）滴答滴答地过去
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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。
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（钟，表）使时间滴滴答答过去
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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。
proceed or progress
进展，进步
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her book was ticking along nicely .她的书进展顺利。
a 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。
〈非正式〉 虱蝇（尤指羊蜱蝇）。
〈英，非正式〉 一文不值的人；可鄙的人
on credit
信用；赊账；赊欠。
a fabric case stuffed with feathers or other material to form a mattress or pillow
垫套，褥套，枕芯套；褥子。
short for
<Bold>ＴIＣＫIＮＧ</Bold>的简称。
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tick all the （right ）boxes Brit. informalthe 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 -
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
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tick someone off 1 Brit. informal reprimand 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 ［as nounticking off ］he got a ticking off from the magistrate . 他受到地方法官的斥责 -
2 N. Amer. informal make someone annoyed or angry 〈北 美，非正式〉 使生气，使恼火［as adj. ticked off ］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 -
tick something off chiefly Brit. 〈主英〉1 mark an item in a list with a tick to show that it has been dealt with 给…打钩形记号（表明已处理过）I ticked several items off my ‘to do' list. 我在“待办事项”表里勾掉了几项 -
2 list 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 -
tick over （of an engine） run slowly in neutral （发动机）空转；慢转 -
work 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
"Middle English （as a verb in the sense ‘pat, touch’）： probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch
