1821, "something that ticks," agent noun from tick (v.); slang meaning "heart" first recorded 1930. Ticker tape (1891) is from ticker "telegraphic device for recording stock market quotations, etc." (1883).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. A half million people watched the troops march in New York's ticker tape parade.
有50萬(wàn)人觀看了部隊(duì)在紐約紙帶紛飛的歡迎儀式中列隊(duì)前進(jìn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. His ticker's not very strong , ie He has a weak heart.
他心臟衰弱.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. Nine crazy years at the ticker and three long years in the breadlines!