Ticking
['tɪkɪŋ]
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tick
(n.) A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Bed-ticking, tick.
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例句:
- There was an old clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise everything was deadly still. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- They stood there so still, gazing upon her, that even the ticking of the watch seemed too loud. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The silence that followed was so intense that the faint ticking nibble of the white mice at their wires was distinctly audible where I stood. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- At length, the steady ticking of the undisturbed clock on the wall tormented me to that degree that I resolved to go to bed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- There was no reply; so Mr. Pickwick sat down unbidden, and listened to the loud ticking of the clock and the murmured conversation of the clerks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
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