tick
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 滴答声，一瞬间，壁虱，褥套，信用，赊欠
- vi.
- 滴答响，活动
- vt.
- 滴答地记录，标记号于
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
词族
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 *tik
词源说明
From Middle English *tik, tek, tyche (“light touch, tap”), from the verb (see Etymology 3 below). Compare Dutch tik (“a pat, tap”), Middle High German zic (“a slight touch”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
- A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
- (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
- (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
- (video games
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English ticken, tiken, probably from Old English *ticcian (“to touch, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkōn (“to touch, tap”), cognate with German zecken (“to nudge, poke, jab”). Doublet of tig.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb