单词 | click |
释义 | click (once / 388 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n 4n 5v A click is a sound like a sharp tap. Your dog might start barking excitedly every evening when he hears the click of your key turning in the lock. And you might click your computer mouse when you are excited about getting to another page on the web. Click is also a verb, meaning to make the sound of a click: "Don't click your tongue at me — I can have ice cream for dinner if I want to!" You can use the word in a figurative way as well, to mean "fall suddenly into place," as when a confusing math problem finally clicks for you. Increasingly, to click is to tap on a computer icon with a mouse: "Click through to my new website!" WORD FAMILYclick: clicked, clicking, clicks USAGE EXAMPLES“Let’s face it, we’re in the click age,” he said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I think he’s learning each and every day just as much as we are and it’s starting to click now,” Burke said. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Of all the instruction pieces we've published this year, the following are the five that you, our readers, clicked on the most in 2016. Golf Digest(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a short light metallic sound Syn|Hyper chink, clink sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 2v move or strike with a noise he clicked on the light Syn|Hyper snap move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 3v make a clicking or ticking sound Syn|Hyper tick go, sound make a certain noise or sound 4v click repeatedly or uncontrollably Syn|Hyper chatter go, sound make a certain noise or sound 5v cause to make a snapping sound 2Syn|Hyper flick, snap move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 1n a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) Syn|Hyper suction stop occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it 2v produce a click Xhosa speakers click Hyper articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way 3v make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens 3Syn|Hyper clack, cluck emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) n depression of a button on a computer mouse 4a click on the right button for example Syn|Hyper mouse click depression pushing down n a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward 5Syn|Hyper detent, dog, pawl catch, stop a restraint that checks the motion of something v become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions Syn come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in |
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