tick-tock
noun [ U ] (also tick tock) uk/ˈtɪkˌtɒk/ us/ˈtɪkˌtɑːk/
滴答声
used to represent the sound that a clock makes
The only sound was the tick-tock of the clock. 唯一的声音是时钟的滴答声。
We could hear every tick tock of the clock, but the hours seemed never to pass.
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- He wound up his new alarm clock and listened for a while to its musical tick-tock.
- The movement of the pendulum and its tick-tock sound capture the fragmentation of time.
- The tick tock of clocks, the purring of cats, and the rhymes and songs on television accompanied them as they grew up.
tick-tock
verb [ I ] uk/ˈtɪkˌtɒk/ us/ˈtɪkˌtɑːk/
发出滴答声
(of a clock) to make a regular clicking sound
A silver clock beside the bed tick-tocks. 床边的银色时钟滴答作响。
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- A clock on the wall tick-tocked through the night.
- He waits as the clock above his bed tick-tocks slowly to the hour.