TICK ＝two-income couple with kids 提克族〔指有孩子的双职工夫妻，相对于“丁克”族而言〕。 vi. 1.(钟表)滴嗒滴嗒响[走]。 2.一步一步推移；〔口语〕(像钟表般地)持续活动。 Don't worry. After the operation, he'll tick along fine. 不用担心，手术后他会活得很好。 What makes it tick 什么使它这样地动作？ vt. 1.打点，作记号 (off)。 2.滴嗒滴嗒记录时间[发出信息] (out)； 把时间滴滴嗒嗒地打发掉。 短语和例子 The teletype is ticking out messages. 电传打字电报机滴嗒滴嗒地打出电报来。 (the clock) tick away [off] the time (of) 随着滴嗒的钟声，…的时间过去了。 tick off 1. 打上记号。 2. 〔英俚〕斥责，责骂。 3. 〔口语〕证明是同一东西；核实无误。 4. 〔俚语〕激怒。 5. 简略地描述。 tick out (电报机)发出(消息)。 tick over (内燃机等)慢车转动着，松开传动装置；〔比喻〕接近停滞，踌躇，吞吞吐吐。 what makes a person [a thing] tick 使人[事]持续活动的动力 (That's what makes the world tick . 使世界持续活动的动力，就在于此)。 名词 1. 滴嗒(声)。 2. 一点，一划，查讫号〔√〕。 3. 【物理学】标记(器)；【无线电】无线电信号 4. 〔英口〕一会儿，一刹那间。 短语和例子 I'll be with you in half a tick. 稍等片刻，我就来陪你。 come in a tick 马上就来。 radio tick 无线电报时信号。 time tick 计时器。 to [on] the tick 极为准时地 (get there at five on the tick 五时正到达那里)。 n. 1.褥套，枕套〔指中间填塞羽毛等物的内套〕；(做褥套等用的)条纹棉布或麻布；褥面。 2.(弹簧椅等的)面子。 短语和例子 tight as a tick 〔美俚〕喝得烂醉的。 n. 【动物；动物学】扁虱，蜱，壁虱。 tick fever 【医学】蜱热。 n. 〔口语〕 1.信用，赊欠，放债。 2.赊(销)。 vi. 赊销；赊购。 vt. 赊销(购)(货物)；赊给(某人)。 buy [get] sth. on tick 赊购。 give tick 赊销。 go (on)tick＝run on tick 赊购；借款。
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
a light mattress
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student''s name" 同义词：check mark, check,
a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" 同义词：ticking,
put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" 同义词：check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off,
sew; "tick a mattress" 同义词：retick,
make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" 同义词：ticktock, ticktack, beat,
make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" 同义词：click,
Ticks are small arachnids in the order Ixodida. Along with mites, they constitute the subclass Acarina.
例句与用法
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That 's what makes the world tick . 使世界持续活动的动力，就在于此。
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Meanwhile the minutes kept ticking away . 其实，时间一分一分地过去。
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He ticked off the items one by one . 他把这些项目一个一个地用小记号标出。
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The telegraph ticked out a message . 发报机滴滴答答地发出电报。
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The teletype is ticking out messages . 电传打字电报机滴嗒滴嗒地打出电报来。
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The station clock ticked away the minutes . 车站的钟显示时间一分一分地过去。
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I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over . 我停住汽车，让发动机空转。
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I 'll be with you in half a tick . 稍等片刻，我就来陪你。
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I have never really understood what makes her tick . 我实在弄不明白她为什么这样。
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