With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
The clock ticks over the fireplace, the weather-glass hangs in the hall. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Ticks of a Watch and the Tread of a Fly Recorded. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
When I had no more ticks to make, I folded all my bills up uniformly, docketed each on the back, and tied the whole into a symmetrical bundle. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
You may have observed that some of them were marked with ticks, and the others--the great majority--were not. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.