| 释义 |
▪ I. tock, n.|tɒk|
[Echoic: cf. tick-tock n. and tock v.]
A short, hollow sound, deeper and more resonant than a tick, as of a cricket bat striking the ball. Also redupl. as tock-tock.
1937M. Covarrubias Island of Bali viii. 238 When everything is ready, at the tock-tock of the dalang's toe-hammer, the orchestra begins to play. 1958T. H. White Once & Future King i. vi. 49 The tock of the arrows in the targets—which was as sleepy to listen to as the noise of a lawn-mower or of a village cricket match. 1971J. Betjeman in Listener 18 Nov. 688/1 Near splash of dive and tock of cricket stroke How straight the crematorium driveway lies. 1982J. S. Borthwick Case of Hook-Billed Kites (1983) lxv. 222 ‘Would you settle for a helicopter?’.. High up..she saw a small mechanical dragonfly coming closer, the dry tock-tock of the motor now clearly audible.
▪ II. tock, v.|tɒk|
[Echoic; cf. tick-tock.]
intr. To make a sound similar to tick n.3 2, but slightly lower and therefore more resonant. Esp. of a clock, and in phr. to tick and tock.
1913J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 72 A stately time⁓piece ticked and tocked. 1917S. Graham Priest of Ideal xxxi. 306 The comfortable grandfather clock ticked and tocked temperamentally. 1961H. R. F. Keating Rush on Ultimate iv. 69 There were tears in her eyes as Sebastian's second ball tocked against the peg. 1967T. Keneally Bring Larks & Heroes iv. 24 Their ears, drenched by the south wind, tocked like clocks, thumped like sails. 1970W. Brown in Ramchand & Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 14 The clock tocked and the stable dried.
▪ III. tock
obs. f. toque; obs. pa. tense of take v. |