In the silence we could hear the clock ticking.

寂静中，我们能听到钟表滴答作响。

Ellen heard the loud ticking of the clock in the hall.

埃伦听见大厅的钟滴答滴答地大声走着。

The clock is ticking.

台钟在滴答滴答地响。

He went on ticking.

他继续发出滴答声。

No sooner did Peter remember it than he heard the ticking.

彼得刚想起来，就听到了滴答声。

The ticking of the clock began to bring itself into notice.

时钟的滴答声开始引起注意。

He had ticked so long that he now went on ticking without knowing that he was doing it.

他已经滴答了很久，以致于他现在还在发出滴答声却毫不自知。

He was conscious of a clock ticking.

他意识到了时间正在消逝。

Just keep things ticking over while I'm away.

在我外出期间，维持现状就行。

While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away.

我们等候时，出租汽车的计程器一直在滴答滴答地走着。

I had to get to the airport by two, and the minutes were ticking away.

我必须在两点前赶到机场，但是时间一分一秒地过去了。

The old clock is ticking noisily.

这个古老的钟表大声地嘀嗒着。

It seems to me that a compromise would be receiving the exam questions a day or two in advance, and then doing the actual test in class the ticking clock overhead.

在我看来，一个折衷的办法是提前一两天收到考题，然后在课堂上计时做实际的测试。

You can almost hear the ticking.

你几乎可以听到钟表滴答滴答的指针。

The clock kept ticking.

计时器滴答滴答走个不停。

The clock was ticking.

时钟滴答作响。

It started ticking.

钟开始滴答了。

Is the clock of doom ticking for mankind?

是人类末日的钟声在滴答作响吗？

I felt a guilty pang about ticking him off.

我感觉到一种内疚的悲痛，不想让老爸扫兴。

And she began ticking them off on her fingers.

她开始扳着手指罗列这些名字。

Meanwhile, global population is ticking skyward.

同时，全球人口剧增。

The moments of your precious life are ticking away.

你宝贵的生命正一分一秒地溜走。

Now it's finally happened. And the clock is ticking.

而现在，日程终于发开始了。而且时间紧迫。

The manager of a shop was ticking off one of his staff.

一家商店的经理正在批评一名员工。

These are things that — something's ticking over there.

有一些东西，有东西在嘀嗒走着。

It's so quiet I can hear time ticking, I can see it moving.

因为静，我都听见时间走动的声音，看见它走动的样子了。

You can certainly beat this with a ticking of finger typing.

当然你用手指敲击一下就可以。

More box-ticking and hoop-jumping will only make that harder.

更多的勾选和跳圈只会让它更困难。

If you think you haven't got caught, the clock is still ticking.

如果你认为你侥幸成为了漏网之鱼，别高兴得太早，时钟并未停止转动。