tic

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
    — Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by multiple tics. A tic is a sudden, rapid, repetitive, non-rhythmic movement (e.g. eye blinking) or vocalization (e.g. throat clearing).
  2. Clipping of ticket. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,informal
  3. Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. broadly
    — Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys’ poignant boyhood in primary school.
动词 v.
  1. To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement. intransitive
    — Patients often describe the need to tic as the mounting of inner tension, localized either to the body region where the tic is about to occur or throughout the body.

词形变化

tics plural tics present,singular,third-person ticcing participle,present ticced participle,past ticced past tics plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ticcer ticcy ticless ticlike

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
French ticbor.
English tic
Borrowed from French tic.
词源 2
Clipping of ticket.
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