English Dictionary

tick tock

名詞

The sound of a ticking clock. / (journalism) A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.

日本語の意味

時計がカチカチと鳴る音 / （報道用語）出来事の進行を順に記述したもの

As I sat in the quiet room, the steady tick tock of the old clock marked each slow heartbeat of the night.

静かな部屋に座っていると、古い時計の一定したチクタクの音が夜のゆっくりとした鼓動を刻んでいた。

意味（1）

The sound of a ticking clock.

意味（2）

(journalism) A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.

A few days ago, the Washington Post published a long, depressing ticktock of the Trump administration’s execrable attempts to control the coronavirus and “reopen” the country for business, beginning with a shocking but not exactly surprising anecdote about how the president’s economic advisers had abetted the president’s most destructive impulses.

tick tocks （ plural ）