ticks

英 [tɪks]

美 [tɪks]

v.  发出滴答声; 滴答地走时; 标记号; 打上钩; 打对号
n.  核对号; 对号; 钩号; 记号; 蜱，壁虱，扁虱(吸血寄生虫，有些种类传播疾病); (尤指钟表的)滴答声
tick的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 钩号(符号为√)
  Atickis a written mark like a V: ✓. It is used to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with.
  1. 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。
  2. Place a tick in the appropriate box.
     在相应的方框里打钩。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 check


• VERB 在(纸)上打钩
  If youticksomething that is written on a piece of paper, you put a tick next to it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 check


• VERB (钟表)嘀嗒作响，发出嘀嗒声
  When a clock or watchticks, it makes a regular series of short sounds as it works.
  1. 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。
  2. Tick awaymeans the same astick.
     tick away 同 tick
  3. A grandfather clock ticked away in a corner.
     一只落地式大摆钟在墙角嘀嗒作响。
• N-COUNT (钟表的)嘀嗒声
  Thetickof a clock or watch is the series of short sounds it makes when it is working, or one of those sounds.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 一瞬间;一刹那
  You can usetickto refer to a very short period of time.
  1. Just hang on a tick, we may be able to help...
     稍等一会儿，我们或许能帮上忙。
  2. I'll be back in a tick...
     我马上就回来。
  3. I shall be with you in two ticks.
     我过会儿就到。
• VERB (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 someonetick, you are talking about the beliefs, wishes, and feelings that make them behave in the way that they do.
  1. He wanted to find out what made them tick...
     他想搞清楚他们为什么会那样。
  2. I'm interested in how people tick.
     我对人们的所思所想很感兴趣。
• N-COUNT 蜱;壁虱
  Atickis a small creature which lives on the bodies of people or animals and uses their blood as food.
  1. ...chemicals that destroy ticks and mites...
     杀灭蜱和螨虫的化学品
  2. Tick bites can cause Lyme disease.
     被蜱叮咬会引发莱姆病。

双语例句

• He counted the ticks of the clock.
  他计算了钟表的滴嗒声。
• Possible culprits included ticks, roundworms and certain microbes.
  可能的病原包括蜱，蛔虫和特定的微生物。
• Activity against parasites other than fleas and ticks?
  除了对跳蚤和虱类有效，还可否杀寄生虫？
• In UNIX systems, a jiffy is basically the time between two consecutive clock ticks.
  在UNIX系统中，jiffy主要表示两个连续时钟计时单元之间的时间。
• Fleas and ticks are parasites of dogs.
  跳蚤和扁虱是狗身上的寄生虫。
• The clock ticks at a rate of about one mutation every two years.
  这种时钟周期以每两年发生一次突变的速度为基准。
• He noticed the birds had little trouble with ticks compared to other species of auklets and seabirds.
  道格拉斯注意到，和其它小海雀和海鸟相比，冠毛小海雀在对待扁虱这个问题上似乎没有什么困难。而这种柑橘气味则提醒他想起了曾经看过的一篇关于鸟类的研究报告。
• Methods Detecting SFGR DNA sequence fragment in spleen of rodents and ticks by PCR assay.
  方法用PCR法检测鼠类脾脏和蜱类中的斑点热群立克次体DNA序列片段。
• People hurt our feelings. Ticks carry Lyme disease. Pets die. Friends get sick and even die.
  东西打破了，别人伤害了我们的感受，蜱虫会传染莱姆病，宠物会死亡，朋友生病，甚至也会死。
• The Process section shows how many ticks have been assigned to each process that ran during the interval.
  Process部分展示了在此时间间隔内运行的每个进程被分配了多少节拍。