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

• For more than four years, American and Kenyan scientists have studied diseases carried by ticks.
  四年多来，美国和肯尼亚的科学家们研究由蜱携带的疾病。
• For example, a player who is poisoned may take 10 damage per tick for 10 ticks.
  比如，一个中毒的玩家可能会在每个滴答接受10次损害，共持续10个滴答。
• An arachnid of the order acarina, which includes the mites and ticks.
  螨，蜱，壁虱蛛形目动物，包括螨和蜱。
• 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。
• Increased long-distance livestock transportation facilitates the movement of viruses and arthropods ( especially ticks) around the world.
  距离增加的家畜长途运输，有利于在全世界范围内病毒与节肢动物（尤其蜱）的移动。
• Aim To investigate the ticks infected by Ehrlichia in the South of China.
  目的调查我国南方蜱样本埃立克体感染情况。
• The primary intermediate hosts for this spirochete are deer ticks belonging to the genus Ixodes.
  这种螺旋菌的最初中间宿主是鹿身上的属于一种硬虱的扁虱。
• Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks.
  寄生在动物和植物体上非常小的非寄生类蜘蛛纲动物；与扁虱有关。
• He counted the ticks of the clock.
  他计算了钟表的滴嗒声。
• 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。