| 单词 |
tick-a-tick |
| 释义 |
tick-a-tick [f. same source as tick v.1 or n.3] An imitation of the sound of a clock or watch; ticking; in quot. 1805, throbbing of the pulse. So tick-a-tack. (Cf. tick-tack n., tick-tick.)
1805in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. IX. 243 Munro shall count of pulse his tick-a-tick. 1883D. R. Sellars in Mod. Scot. Poets VI. 157 Tick-a-tick, tick-a-tick, My old clock's voice I hear. 1898Doyle in Speaker 5 Mar. 298/1 The clock goes tick-a-tack. |

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