a tick on sth
tick 作“蜱虫”解时为可数名词，介词 on 后接附着对象。
The dog had a tick on its ear.
那只狗的耳朵上有一只蜱虫。
蜱；壁虱
ticks — plural of tick
滴答声；轻敲声；对勾；勾选标记；刻度；标度；计量单位；瞬间；极短时间；床垫罩；床垫套
A small parasitic arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals or people and feeds on blood.
一种微小的森林蜱虫
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
通常由移动的机械反复发出的相对安静但尖锐的声音
A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
滴答声
Ticking.
金属敲击声
a metallic tapping sound
任何测量尺度上的标记；测量单位
A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
包裹床垫的布套；装有填充物的床垫罩。
A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
两类小型寄生蛛形纲动物,具有倒钩口器；以温血动物的血液为食
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
瞬间(由基本计时器频率定义的时间单位)
A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
表示某事已被注意或完成的标记
a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
由持续状态效果引起的周期性伤害或治疗增量
A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
在基于时间单位的游戏中,玩家或角色可以执行一组动作的固定时间段
Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
鸟类观察者当天、年度、旅行等首次看到(或听到)的鸟,并因此加入观察鸟类列表
A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
石䳭
A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
轻敲或轻触
A tap or light touch.
轻微的斑点
A slight speck.
Please put a tick in the box next to your choice.
请在你选择的方框里打一个勾。
用法提示：tick 在本句为名词，意为“对勾”，作 put 的宾语。
AI contextual example
The teacher drew a tick beside every correct answer on the test.
老师在试卷上每个正确答案旁边画了一个勾。
用法提示：tick 在本句为名词，意为“对勾”，作 drew 的宾语。
AI contextual example
I put a tick on the list to show that the job was done.
我在清单上打了一个勾，表示任务已完成。
用法提示：tick 在本句为名词，意为“对勾”，作 put 的宾语。
AI contextual example
tick 作“蜱虫”解时为可数名词，介词 on 后接附着对象。
The dog had a tick on its ear.
那只狗的耳朵上有一只蜱虫。
用于描述钟表等机械发出的滴答声，of 后接发声的物体。
The only sound was the tick of the old clock.
唯一的声音是那台旧钟的滴答声。
tick 作“勾”解时为可数名词，in 后接方框等容器。
There was a tick in the box next to his name.
他的名字旁边的方框里有一个勾。
grammar · medium
易错句子After the hike, I found three tick on my dog.
正确表达After the hike, I found three ticks on my dog.
tick 是可数名词，前面出现 three、many 这类数量词时，英语名词必须用复数形式 ticks。汉语名词本身没有单复数变化，所以容易漏掉词尾的 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has a nervous tick in his eye.
正确表达He has a nervous tic in his eye.
表示面部或身体不由自主抽动的“抽搐”是 tic，与表示蜱虫、滴答声的 tick 虽然读音相同，却是两个不同的词，不能混用；这里要表达的是抽搐，所以必须用 tic。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a tick to the concert.
正确表达I bought a ticket to the concert.
表示“票、入场券”的词是 ticket，和表示蜱虫、滴答声的 tick 是两个不同的词。二者拼写相近，学习者容易把小词 tick 误当成 ticket 来用，须用完整形式 ticket。
蜱虫叮咬
He got a tick bite while hiking in the woods.
他在树林里徒步时被蜱虫咬了。
蜱传疾病
Lyme disease is a well-known tick-borne disease.
莱姆病是一种广为人知的蜱传疾病。
时钟的滴答声
I could hear the tick of a clock in the silent room.
在寂静的房间里,我能听见时钟的滴答声。
打勾；划对号
Put a tick next to the answer you think is correct.
在你认为正确的答案旁边打勾。
勾号；记号
There is a small tick mark beside the correct option.
正确选项旁边有一个小小的勾号。
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