| 单词 | to tick and tock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tick and tock intransitive. To make a sound similar to tick n.3 2, but slightly lower and therefore more resonant. Esp. of a clock, and in to tick and tock. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > tick tick1721 tick-tick1755 tick-tack1842 tock1913 tick-tock1921 1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 72 A stately time~piece ticked and tocked. 1917 S. Graham Priest of Ideal xxxi. 306 The comfortable grandfather clock ticked and tocked temperamentally. 1961 H. R. F. Keating Rush on Ultimate iv. 69 There were tears in her eyes as Sebastian's second ball tocked against the peg. 1967 T. Keneally Bring Larks iv. 24 Their ears, drenched by the south wind, tocked like clocks, thumped like sails. 1970 W. Brown in K. Ramchand & C. Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 14 The clock tocked and the stable dried. < as lemmas |
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