tick

名词 tick:

1. a metallic tapping sound
   同义词：ticking
2. any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
3. a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
   同义词：check mark, check
4. a light mattress

动词 tick:

1. make a clicking or ticking sound
   同义词：click
2. make a sound like a clock or a timer
   同义词：ticktock, ticktack, beat
3. sew
   同义词：retick
4. put a check mark on or near or next to
   同义词：check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off

1. Just try and keep things ticking over while I'm away.
   在我离开的期间，尽量使事情照常进行。
2. I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over.
   我停住汽车，让发动机空转。
3. Meanwhile the minutes kept ticking away.
   其时，时间一分一分地过去。
4. The clock ticks very loudly.
   这只钟发出很响的滴答声。
5. There was a nice red tick in the margin.
   边上打了一个漂亮的红勾。