ticking
英['t?k??]
美['t?k??]
- n. 堅質條紋棉布或亞麻布；（指鐘表發出的）滴答響聲
中文詞源
ticking 被套，枕套
來自古詞 tyke,被套，枕套，來自拉丁語 theca,箱子，盒子，套子，來自希臘語 theke,箱子， 盒子，套子，來自 PIE*dhe,做，放置，詞源同 do,thesis,apothecary.-ing,集合名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- ticking (n.)
- "cloth covering (usually of strong cotton or linen) for mattresses or pillows," 1640s, from tyke (modern tick) with the same meaning (mid-14c.), probably from Middle Dutch tike, from a West Germanic borrowing of Latin theca "case," from Greek theke "a case, box, cover, sheath" (see theco-).
雙語例句
- 1. It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
- 這使你進展緩慢，得意不起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Very slowly he moved forward, the engine ticking over.
- 他慢慢往前開，發動機低速運轉。
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- 3. I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off.
- 我就是覺得這樣太粗魯，叫我很生氣。
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- 4. The market is at least ticking over.
- 至少市場還在緩慢發展。
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- 5. They got a ticking off from the police.
- 他們被警察訓斥了一通。
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