1. 停滞,进展缓慢,(机器)慢转：tick off 用记号勾出,列举,责备 | tick over 停滞,进展缓慢,(机器)慢转 | tuck away 藏起来
2. 低速工作：tick-bornerelapsingfever 蜱传媒回归热 | tick-over 低速工作 | tickclover 葫芦茶
3. 停滞,进展缓慢;(机器)空转,慢转：talk...over 讨论 | tick over 停滞,进展缓慢;(机器)空转,慢转 | tumble over... 被...绊倒
4. 慢转;空转;(事业等)进展缓慢;(生活等)勉强过得去;平平淡淡：tick off 打上记号勾掉 | tick over 慢转;空转;(事业等)进展缓慢;(生活等)勉强过得去;平平淡淡 | 7 go against the tide 逆潮流;不随大流
1. The business of the company has been tick ing over for some time.
这家公司的生意已很久停滞不前了。
2. Just try and keep things tick ing over while I'm away.
在我离开的期间，尽量使事情照常进行。
3. Sales to trade buyers continue to tick over.
交易商的收购行动持续缓慢。
4. I stopped the car but left the motor tick ing over.
我停住汽车，让发动机空转。
5. They are flat like a tick and can go over a year without feeding and still remain alive.
它们像壁虱一样扁，它们可以一年不吃东西照样活着。
tick over的反义词
6. If a magic DoT ticks 5 times over 15 seconds, it will now tick 2 times over 7.5 seconds.
如果一个魔法类型的DoT在15秒内触发5次，那么它现在在7.5秒内触发2次小数点之后的被移除了
7. My bed was a straw tick裝etter than Jim's, which was a cornshuck tick; there's always cobs around about in a shuck tick, and they poke into you and hurt; and when you roll over the dry shucks sound like you was rolling over in a pile of dead leaves; it makes such a rustling that you wake up.
我那张床，铺的是一床草褥子——比杰姆那条絮着玉米皮的褥子，多少要好一点。他那一条，掺杂着许多玉米棒子，躺在上面，刺得生痛；一翻身，玉米皮响起来，人象在干燥的树叶子上打滚，那声响准把你吵醒。
8. Heat oil for searing the steak in a large no tick skillet over high heat.
为在高的热上一个大的非根煮锅中烤焦牛排加热油。
9. Malfoy turned the parchment back over and began working his way down the list, making a tick every so often.
Malfoy 翻过那张羊皮纸，开始从上往下研究那个名单，然后动不动的就在上面做上个记号。
10. This cash grant money, both for housing and livelihoods, should begin helping small local communities tick over in time and rebuild, bake and fish.
这一用于房屋和生计的现金赠款应可以开始帮助当地小型社区即时缓慢运转和重建、烤制面包和捕鱼。
11. They took and shoved the bag through a rip in the straw tick that was under the feather-bed, and crammed it in a foot or two amongst the straw and said it was all right now, because a nigger only makes up the feather-bed, and don't turn over the straw tick only about twice a year, and so it warn't in no danger of getting stole now.
他们拿过袋子，往羽绒褥子底下一张草垫子的裂缝里使劲塞，塞了足足有一两英尺深。还说，这么一放，不会有什么问题了，因为一个黑奴只会整理整理羽绒褥子，不会动草垫子，草垫子一年只翻两回，把钱塞在里面，就不会有被偷的危险啦。
1. tick over的解释
1. (引擎)空转，低速运转
If an engine is ticking over, it is running at a low speed or rate, for example when it is switched on but you are not actually using it.
e.g. Very slowly he moved forward, the engine ticking over.
他慢慢往前开，发动机低速运转。
2. (人、系统、业务)慢吞吞地工作，进展缓慢
If a person, system, or business is ticking over, they are working steadily, but not producing very much or making much progress.
e.g. The market is at least ticking over...
至少市场还在缓慢发展。
e.g. It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
这使你进展缓慢，得意不起来。
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