make tick

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause someone or something to operate the way it does. colloquial
    — I honestly don't know the specifics that make him tick, and I wish I did.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, tick.

词形变化

makes tick present,singular,third-person making tick participle,present made tick participle,past made tick past

词源

An allusion to the workings of a clock making it operate with a ticking noise.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary