tick

チェックマーク

正しい、承認された、または完了したことを示す✓の印。

やさしい英語で： A written mark, ✓, showing that something is correct, approved, or completed.

• Put a tick beside your answer.
• The teacher gave each correct sentence a tick.
• Green ticks show which tasks are complete.

類義語： check mark, check

よく使う表現： put a tick, green tick, tick next to

マダニ

人や動物の皮膚に取り付き、血を吸う小さな動物。

やさしい英語で： A small animal that attaches to people or animals and feeds on their blood.

• There is a tick on the dog.
• She found two ticks after walking through tall grass.
• A tick bite can spread disease.

よく使う表現： tick bite, remove a tick, tick on someone

カチカチという音

時計や機械が繰り返し出すことの多い、短く小さな音。

やさしい英語で： A short, quiet clicking sound, often repeated by a clock or machine.

• I heard the tick of a clock.
• Each tick sounded loud in the empty room.
• The old watch made slow, uneven ticks.

類義語： click

よく使う表現： tick of something, steady tick, loud tick

目盛り、呼び値

測定の目盛り、または数値や価格が変動する小さな単位。

やさしい英語で： A small mark on a measuring scale, or a small unit by which a value changes.

• Each tick marks five degrees.
• The price rose by one tick.
• Small ticks divide the chart axis into equal parts.

よく使う表現： tick mark, one tick higher, tick on something

一瞬、ちょっと

ごく短い時間。

やさしい英語で： A very short time.

• I will be back in a tick.
• Wait a tick while I find my keys.
• It only takes a tick to save the file.

類義語： moment, second

よく使う表現： in a tick, just a tick, wait a tick

カチカチ鳴る

時計のように、短く小さな音を繰り返し出す。

やさしい英語で： To make a series of short, quiet clicking sounds, like a clock.

• The clock ticks loudly.
• My watch stopped ticking last night.
• A small clock ticked steadily beside her bed.

類義語： click

よく使う表現： clock can tick, tick quietly, tick away

機能する、動く

働くこと。特に内部の仕組みや働き方についていう。

やさしい英語で： To work or function, especially when talking about how something works inside.

• He wanted to know how machines tick.
• Curiosity is what makes her tick.
• Studying the engine helped us understand what made it tick.

使い方： what makes someone/something tick (I want to understand what makes this team tick.)

類義語： function, work, operate

よく使う表現： what makes something tick, how things tick, what makes someone tick