Ticking

(noun.) a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers.

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• There was an old clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise everything was deadly still. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• They stood there so still, gazing upon her, that even the ticking of the watch seemed too loud. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The silence that followed was so intense that the faint ticking nibble of the white mice at their wires was distinctly audible where I stood. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• At length, the steady ticking of the undisturbed clock on the wall tormented me to that degree that I resolved to go to bed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There was no reply; so Mr. Pickwick sat down unbidden, and listened to the loud ticking of the clock and the murmured conversation of the clerks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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