tick

1.[i]发出滴答声；滴答地走时to make short, light, regular repeated sounds to mark time passing

2.[t]~ sth标记号；打上钩；打对号to put a mark (i) next to an item on a list, an answer, etc.

tick all the/sbs boxes

投其所好；迎合众人╱某人的喜好to do exactly the right things to please sb

what makes sb tick

使某人这样做的原因what makes sb behave in the way that they do

1.[c]核对号；对号；钩号；记号a mark (i) put beside a sum or an item on a list, usually to show that it has been checked or done or is correct

2.[c]蜱，壁虱，扁虱（吸血寄生虫，有些种类能传播疾病）a small insect that bites humans and animals and sucks their blood. There are several types of tick , some of which can carry diseases.

3.[u]（尤指钟表的）滴答声a short, light, regularly repeated sound, especially that of a clock or watch

4.[c](informal)一会儿；一瞬间；一刹那；片刻a moment

5.[u](informal)赊账；赊欠；赊购permission to delay paying for sth that you have bought

1.【动】扁虱,蜱,壁虱

2.【物】标记(器);【无线】无线电信号

3.赊(销)

4.滴嗒(声)

5.一点,一划,查讫号

6.〈英口〉一会儿,一刹那间

7.信用,赊欠,放债

8.褥套,枕套;(做褥套等用的)条纹棉布或麻布;褥面

9.(弹簧椅等的)面子

1.赊销;赊购

2.(钟表)滴嗒滴嗒响[走]

3.一步一步推移;〈口〉(像钟表般地)持续活动

4.打点,作记号 (off)

5.赊销(购)(货物);赊给(某人)

6.滴嗒滴嗒记录时间[发出信息] (out);把时间滴滴嗒嗒地打发掉

1.(=two-income couple with kids)提克族

1.an insect that sucks your blood

2.the sound that some clocks and watches make every second; a very short time

3.a check that you write next to a correct answer

1.if a clock or a watch ticks, it makes a quiet sound every second

2.to check something that is correct or something that has been dealt with

1.(=two-income couple with kids)