tick tack

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound of repeated tapping, knocking, or clicking. countable,onomatopoeic,uncountable
    — But come to the clock, Mary. Remember, our lives are short, and they contain only a certain number of "tick tacks;" we cannot, therefore, afford to waste them.
  2. A device used to tap on a window or door from a distance. countable
    — I got me a hammer and nails with the heavy lead sinker offen my fishnet, and it wasn't long before the finest tick-tack you ever saw was working against the Spiegelnails' parlor window, with me in a lilac-bush operating the string that kept the weight a-swinging.
  3. Alternative form of tic-tac, a sign language used by bookmakers. UK,alt-of,alternative,uncountable

词形变化

tick tacks plural
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