| 词汇 | tick |
| 词源 | tick. Ticks, a species of which spreads Lyme disease, are in- sects to be avoided. Though only pinhead size in most cases, they attach themselves to the skin, gorging themselves on blood until they swell to twice their size or larger. This led to the ex- pression “full as a tick” to describe someone who has had much too much to drink. |
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