Ticking
['tɪkɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(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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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Bed-ticking, tick.
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例句/造句/用法:
- There was an old clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise everything was deadly still. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- They stood there so still, gazing upon her, that even the ticking of the watch seemed too loud. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- 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. 威爾基·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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