English Dictionary

tick

IPA（発音記号）

/tɪk/

名詞

口語 オーストラリア英語 イギリス英語 アイルランド英語 ニュージーランド英語

A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. / A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

日本語の意味

機械などが発する、静かでありながらはっきりとした連続的な音。 / 計測の目盛りやその単位としてのマーク、印。

The tick of the old clock in the hallway echoed through the silent house.

廊下の古い時計のチクタクという音が静かな家に響いた。

意味（1）

A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.

The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation.

意味（2）

A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.

At midday, the long bond is up a tick.

意味（3）

(computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).

意味（4）

(colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.

I'll be back in a tick.

意味（5）

(video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.

意味（6）

(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.

Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box

意味（7）

(birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.

There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage.

意味（8）

(ornithology) The whinchat.

ticks （ plural ）