使（分秒）在滴答声中溜走；

[例句] The clock ticks away, leaving little time for talks...

[例句] The minutes towards departure ticked by, until finally the pilot arrived...

n. 感恩节；

天坛；

tense（拉紧的）的最高级形式；

[例句] This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks...

[例句] After three very tense weeks he phoned again...

n. 镇静剂，安定药，止痛药；

n. 袋泡茶；

v. 敷衍( temporize的现在分词 )，拖延，顺应时势，暂时同意；

[例句] They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster...

[例句] 'Not exactly, sir,' temporized Sloan.

v. 诋毁( traduce的过去式和过去分词 )，诽谤，违反，背叛；

[例句] We have been traduced in the press as xenophobic bigots.

n. 专门用语( terminology的名词复数 )，术语，术语学，术语的正确使用；

[例句] ...gastritis, which in medical terminology means an inflammation of the stomach.

v. （幼儿等）东倒西歪地走( toddle的第三人称单数 )，蹒跚行走，溜达，散步；

[例句] ...once your baby starts toddling...

[例句] She fell while toddling around.

v. 使变形，使变质，把…变成…( transmute的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion...

[例句] Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb.

v. 作为…的典型( typify的现在分词 )，具有…的特征，代表，象征；

[例句] These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture.

[例句] …a reaction against the achievements of science, as typified by the development of nuclear weapons.

n. 音色，音品( timbre的名词复数 )；

[例句] His voice had a deep timbre...

[例句] The timbre of the violin is far richer than that of the mouth organ.

n. 试金石， （检验）标准( touchstone的名词复数 )；

[例句] Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.

v. 改变…的外表，美化，使变得高尚或理想( transfigure的现在分词 )；

[例句] They are transfigured by the healing powers of art...

[例句] He smiled back, which for an instant transfigured his unrevealing features.

n. 拙劣的模仿作品，荒谬的模仿，歪曲( travesty的名词复数 )；

[例句] Her research suggests that Smith's reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for...

[例句] If he couldn't prepare his case properly, the trial would be a travesty.

n. 自明之理，老生常谈( truism的名词复数 )；

[例句] Orpington seems an example of the truism that nothing succeeds like success...

[例句] Whilst this might sound like a truism, it is nevertheless a crucial problem to address.