M柯林斯词典U.doc

M6U2 poetry /po??tri/ 1. N-UNCOUNTPoems, considered as a form of literature, are referred to as poetry. 诗歌 例：...Russian poetry. …俄罗斯诗歌。 2. N-UNCOUNTYou can describe something very beautiful as poetry. 富有诗意的东西 例：His music is purer poetry than a poem in words. 他的音乐比诗文更具诗意。 tick /t?k/ ( ticks, ticking, ticked，to tick ) 1. V-I When a clock or watch ticks, it makes a regular series of short sounds as it works. (钟表) 嘀嗒作响 例：A wind-up clock ticked busily from the kitchen counter. 一个上了发条的时钟在厨房案台上不停地嘀嗒作响。 PHRASAL VERBTick away means the same as tick. 嘀嗒作响 例：A grandfather clock ticked away in a corner. 一个落地式大钟在墙角嘀嗒作响。 tickingN-UNCOUNT 嘀嗒声 例：...the endless ticking of clocks. …时钟没完没了的嘀嗒声。 2. N-COUNTThe tick of a clock or watch is the series of short sounds it makes when it is working, or one of those sounds. (钟表的) 嘀嗒声 例：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。 3. N-COUNTA tick is a written mark like a V: . It is used to show that something is correct or has been selected or dealt with. 对勾 5. V-TIf you tick something that is written on a piece of paper, you put a tick next to it. 在…旁打勾 tick off 1. PHRASAL VERBIf you tick off items on a list, you write a tick or other mark next to them, in order to show that they have been dealt with. 在…旁打勾; 在…旁作记号 2. PHRASAL VERBIf you say that someone or something ticks you off, you mean that they annoy you. 使恼火[INFORMAL] 例：I cant lay blame anywhere and that ticks me off. 我不能把责任推卸到任何地方，这令我很恼火。 rhyme /ram/ ( rhymes, rhyming, rhymed, to rhyme ) 1. V-RECIP If one word rhymes with another or if two words rhyme, they have a very similar sound. Words that rhyme with each other are often used in poems. (字、词) 押韵 例：June always rhymes with moon in old love songs. June（六月）在古老的情歌中总是和moon（月亮）押韵。 例：...the sort of people who give their children names that rhyme: Donnie, Ronnie, Connie. …给孩子们起押韵名字（如多尼、罗尼、康尼）的那种人。 2. V-IIf a poem or song rhymes, the lines end with words that have very similar sounds. (诗、歌曲) 押韵 例：In his efforts t