ticking

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses. countable,uncountable
    — Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
  2. A sound of something that ticks. (For example, the second hand on a clock face.) countable,uncountable
    — Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
  3. A marking that occurs on some horses, involving white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano, sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.
  4. An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of tick form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — a ticking time bomb

词形变化

tickings plural tickings plural tickings plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English tick
English -ing
English ticking
From tick (“sheet, cover”) + -ing (“material, collection”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English tick
English -ing
English ticking
From tick (“tick mark”) + -ing (“having the property”).
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