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ricky-tick

/rik-ee-tik, -tik/US // ˈrɪk iˈtɪk, -ˌtɪk //

佝偻病

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the mechanical, repetitive style and beat of ragtime or early swing music.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also rick·y-tick·y [rik-ee-tik-ee, -tik-ee]. /ˈrɪk iˈtɪk i, -ˌtɪk i/.

    • : of or characteristic of such sound or beat.
    • : corny or outmoded.

Examples

  • She actually had never been to a Deer Tick show before, but she liked it a lot.

  • So we picked out the song (“Rhiannon,” click here for video), and Deer Tick learned it.

  • Ricky Gervais, the sultan of scorn, uttered that cheeky bit while emceeing the Golden Globes ceremony a few years back.

  • Ricky Jackson is the longest-serving person in U.S. history to be freed.

  • Ricky was very influenced by This Is Spinal Tap, and I was always a fan of Woody Allen movies.

  • “The sepoys have come in from Meerut,” he announced with the slow tick of the earliest form of apparatus.

  • Ive run a steam laundry in Porto Ricky and had the whole danged business washed away in a hurricane.

  • “Seems more cheerful like,” observed the caretaker, as the steady tick-tack began to sound through the quiet room.

  • Some animals, like the rhino and the eland, have tick birds that sit upon their backs and eat the ticks.

  • Often, for a variety in the lessons, she had to go to the baker without money; then her master simply gave the order, ‘on tick!’