/tɪk; tɪk/
n
1 light and regularly repeated sound, esp that of a clock or watch 滴答声（尤指钟表的）.
2 (infml 口) moment 一会儿
*Just wait a tick! 等一下儿!
* I'll be down in half a tick/in two ticks. 我马上就下来.
3 (US check) mark put beside an item in a list to show that it has been checked or done or is correct （画于表册上的项目旁边, 表示已核对、已做或正确无误的）记号, 对号. =>illus 见插图.

v
1 [I, Ip] ~ (away) (of a clock, etc) make a series of ticks (tick1 1) （指钟等）发出滴答声
*My watch doesn't tick because it's electric. 我的表是电动的, 不滴答响.
* listened to the clock ticking/the ticking of the clock 听钟滴答作响
* While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away. 我们等候时, 计程车里的计程表一直在滴答地响着.
2 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (off) put a tick1(3) beside (an item, etc) 在（项目等）旁边做核对记号
*tick (off) the names of those present 在出席者的姓名旁做记号
* The jobs that are done have been ticked off. 做完的工作都标上了记号.
3 (idm 习语) what makes sb `tick (infml 口) what makes sb behave in the way he does 某人这样做的原因是什么
*I've never really understood what makes her tick. 我实在弄不明白她为什么这样.
4 (phr v) tick away/by (of time) pass （指时间）过去
*Meanwhile the minutes kept ticking away. 其时, 时间一分一分地过去. tick sth away (of a clock, etc) mark the passage of time （指钟等）表示时间过去
*The station clock ticked away the minutes. 车站的钟显示时间一分一分地过去. tick sb off (infml 口) rebuke or scold sb 责骂或斥责某人
*get ticked off for careless work 因工作不细心而挨骂. tick over
(a) (of an engine) idle （指发动机）空转, 慢转
*I stopped the car but left the motor ticking over. 我停住汽车, 让发动机空转.
(b) (of activities) continue in a routine way （指活动）照常进行
*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.

/tɪk; tɪk/
n
1 any of various types of small parasitic insect that suck blood 蜱.
2 (Brit sl 俚) unpleasant or contemptible person 讨厌的或可鄙的人.

/tɪk; tɪk/
n
1 [C] case of a mattress or pillow, in which the filling is contained 褥套; 枕心套.
2 [U] = ticking.

/tɪk; tɪk/
n [U] (infml 口 esp Brit) credit 赊欠
*get tick 赊帐
* buy goods on tick 赊帐购物.