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tick /tɪk/► SEE ALLget, buy, etc. sth on ticktick sth off on your fingerswhat makes sb tick
●get, buy, etc. sth on ˈtick (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) get food or other goods and pay for them later 赊账；赊购◆You can only buy things on tick in small shops where they know you well.
只有在熟识的小店你才可以赊账。 ORIGIN Tick is probably a short form of ticket and referred to the written note (an IOU) given by a person borrowing something to the lender as proof that they would pay them back or return the goods. * tick 或许是 ticket 的缩略形式，意为“借据”。●ˌtick sth off on your ˈfingerscheck a list of things by saying them aloud, and touching your fingers one after another at the same time 掰着指头清点计算●what makes sb ˈtick (informal) what makes sb behave or think in the way they do 使某人那样做的原因；动机◆I’ve never really understood what makes her tick.
我一直没有真正明白她为什么那么做。◆Money is what makes him tick.
是钱促使他那样做的。 NOTE Tick here is the sound a watch or clock makes as the hands move forward every second. * tick 是指钟表走动的嘀嗒声。 |