The only sound was the soft tick of the clock.

唯一的响声是钟表轻轻的滴答声。

《牛津词典》

He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock.

他坐着倾听那个落地式大钟的嘀嗒声。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

In theory, at least, the hands of your clock can tick in both directions.

至少从理论上讲，墙上时钟的指针可以向两个方向上转动。

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One can only imagine what Agnew would make of our political world today, in which a president's pronouncements are dissected syllable by syllable, tick-of-the-clock by tick-of-the-clock.

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In this case, the courts were faced with deciding whether the five-year clock begins to tick when the fraud is complete or when the fraud is discovered.

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Tick-tock goes the tech clock, and with it, economic leadership.

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