ticky box

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A blank square on a form in which a check mark or cross may be placed in order to indicate a selection. informal
    — At college I took a sort of ticky box approach to doing my work. I'd say to myself, right, I've done that, I've measured that, I've read that.
  2. A payphone; Alternative spelling of tickey box. South-Africa,slang
    — They were trying to figure out how to call long distance from the ticky box.

词形变化

ticky boxes plural ticky-box alternative ticky boxes plural ticky-box alternative

词源

词源 1
From ticky (“a tick mark”) + box.
词源 2
From tickey (“South African threepenny coin”) + box.
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