| 单词 | tick |
| 释义 | tick tick // verb, noun
■ verb (BrE) (AmE check) [+ obj]
to put a mark () next to an item on a list, an answer, etc., usually to show that it has been dealt with or is correct: Tick this box if you do not wish us to send you information.
IDIOMS
have ticks in all the right boxes ( to be doing the right things in order to achieve a particular result: The company is making good progress in the health-care market, with ticks in all the right boxes. PHRASAL VERBS tick sb/sth off (BrE) (AmE checksb/sthoff) to put a mark () beside a name or an item on a list to show that sth has been dealt with: I've ticked off the names of all those present. It's a good idea to tick off the jobs on the list as you do them. tick over (BrE) (usually used in the continuous tenses) (about a business, a system, an activity, etc.) to keep working slowly without producing or achieving much: Just keep things ticking over while I'm away. ■ noun [C] MINUS TICK, PLUS TICK 1 (BrE) (AmE check mark, check) a mark () put beside a sum or an item on a list, usually to show that it has been checked or done or is correct: I've put a tick against the things I've chosen. 2 (Finance ) (also tick point) the smallest amount by which the price of shares, futures (= contracts to buy or sell sth at a particular time in the future for a fixed price), etc. can change, often 0.01% of the nominal value: The September gilt futures price closed 67 ticks up at 115.85. 3 (Finance ) an upward or downward movement in the price of a share, bond, commodity, etc. ⇨ DOWNTICK, UPTICK 4 (old-fashioned, permission to delay paying for sth that you have bought: Can I have these on tick? SYN CREDIT |
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