| 单词 | what makes tick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat makes (someone) tick f. intransitive. figurative. To work, function, operate; what makes (someone) tick, what motivates (a person). colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operate [verb (intransitive)] operate1603 act1651 play1677 tick1931 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive achesounc1230 encheason1297 quarrel1340 occasionc1384 springa1398 motive?a1439 motionc1475 springa1500 respect1528 regard1579 moment1611 movent1651 umbrage1664 what makes (someone) tick1931 1931 E. F. Benson Mapp & Lucia i. 26 I want to get roused up again and shaken and made to tick. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) i. 13 They watch others with a covert but passionate curiosity. What makes them tick? 1957 Listener 3 Oct. 541/1 Television could show the minds ticking; no need here for those stage directions. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 6 Jan. (1970) 31 Then came the big event of the day—the White House staff reception... We would be meeting..everybody who makes the house tick. 1971 A. Price Alamut Ambush xii. 151 I still don't quite know what makes Razzak tick. You were going to find out about him. 1980 Nature 24 Apr. 695/2 The first step to correct this source of insecurity and fear is to learn what makes it ‘tick’. < as lemmas |
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