ticking

基本解释

Is the clock of doom ticking for mankind?
是人类末日的钟声在滴答作响吗？
I looked through the door, everything looked the way it always did, I could hear the clock ticking.
我透过门看去，屋里的东西都井然有序地摆放着，我能听到那钟的滴答声。
The news is full of food safety horror stories. Use by this date. Sell by that date. You can almost hear the ticking.
新闻里满是食品安全的吓人报道。在此时间食用，在彼时间销售。你几乎可以听到钟表滴答滴答的指针。

And everywhere was silence- the strange silence that comes only to a room where the clock has stopped ticking.
We get used to the ticking of a clock or to noise of traffic but it's actually a very important form of learning because imagine life without it.
我们习惯了钟的滴答声和车来人往的噪音,但这却是一种非常重要的学习形式,我们不妨试想一下无法进行习惯化的情形。
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But time is ticking away and you're afraid that you might miss your movie.
时间一分一秒地过去了，你开始担心要错过电影的开场。
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The closest analog I know of is when you suddenly become aware of a ticking clock.
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When a clock or watch ticks, it makes a regular series of short sounds as it works.
Tick away means the same as .
ticking
The tick of a clock or watch is the series of short sounds it makes when it is working, or one of those sounds.
A tick is a written mark like a V. It is used to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with.
A tick is a small creature which lives on the bodies of people or animals and uses their blood as food.
If you tick something that is written on a piece of paper, you put a tick next to it.