ticks

1. vi. 作滴答声 (of a clock, watch, etc.) make light, regularly repeated sounds; click
2. vt. 标出; 打钩于 mark; check

• tick away minutes滴滴答答地送走时间
• tick by过了几秒钟
• tick off用记号标出
• tick sb off谴责某人
• tick out messages滴答滴答地打出电报
• tick over接近停滞; 进行得极缓慢

tick off列举；用记号标出

in a tick[口语]一会儿，一刹那间，一转眼间

1. The clock ticks very loudly.
   这只钟发出很响的滴答声。
2. My watch doesn't tick because it's electronic.
   我的表不滴答作响,因为它是电子表。
3. The teacher ticks off a name on a list.
   老师在名单上的一个名字旁打勾。
4. Listen carefully and tick the sentences which are correct.
   认真听，并标记正确的句子。
5. That's what makes the world tick.
   使世界持续活动的动力，就在于此。
6. Buses and taxis tick over rather noisily.
   公共汽车和出租车空档慢转时噪音很大。
7. I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.
   我停住汽车，让发动机空转。

1. They could hear the regular tick of the clock.
   他们能听见时钟有规律的滴答声。
2. Just wait a tick!
   等一下儿!
3. There was a nice red tick in the margin.
   边上打了一个漂亮的红勾。
4. Opposite his own name was a small tick.
   紧接在他名字后面的是一个小对号。
5. The tick stops draining you and drops off after you're dead.
   你死了以后壁虱才会停止吸你的血,掉下来。