Click

(noun.) depression of a button on a computer mouse; 'a click on the right button for example'.

(verb.) produce a click; 'Xhosa speakers click'.

(verb.) make a clicking or ticking sound; 'The clock ticked away'.

(verb.) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; 'It dawned on him that she had betrayed him'; 'she was penetrated with sorrow'.

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• When current is made, the relay attracts an armature, which thereby closes a circuit in a local battery and thus causes a click of the sounder. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The roar of the guns at Waterloo and the click of the first power printing press in London were nearly simultaneous. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There was a solemn pause--a shout--a flapping of wings--a faint click. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Finally I heard a click, the broad green door swung open, and inside I had a glimpse of a number of paper packets, each tied, sealed, and inscribed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Then, suddenly, came the sharp click of the tapper as it struck the coherer. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Andreu Nin heard a bolt click again. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I heard a click of steel and a bellow like an enraged bull. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The something that I had noticed before, clicked in the man's throat again, and he turned his back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The telephone clicked, and Archer, turning from the photographs, unhooked the transmitter at his elbow. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The lock clicked. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Then a key clicked in a lock, and I heard the rustle of papers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The clock ticked, the fire clicked; not another sound had been heard in the room or in the house for I don't know how long. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Something clicked in his throat as if he had works in him like a clock, and was going to strike. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The pistol clicked empty and I put in another clip. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• As for hindrance to this step, there offered not so much as a creaking hinge or a clicking latch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Electricity fascinated him, and he could watch the machines and listen to the music of their clicking by the hour. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The tongs made a pleasant clicking sound and I could see Catherine in three mirrors and it was pleasant and warm in the booth. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• These movements give rise to the clicking sounds which represent the dots and dashes of the Morse or other alphabet as transmitted by the operator. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In the street, umbrellas were the only things to be seen, and the clicking of pattens and splashing of rain-drops were the only sounds to be heard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• First comes the clicking machine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I lay and listened to the rain on the canvas and the clicking of the car over the rails. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Those clicks had been sent from Poldhu, on the Cornish coast of England, and they had traveled through air across the Atlantic Ocean without any wire to guide them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Then he listens in, and if he receives the clicks that show that the other station has heard him he is ready to establish regular telegraphic communication. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It is clear that the working of the key which starts and stops the current in this line will be imitated by the motion and the resulting clicks of the sounder. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• By means of these varying clicks of the sounder, the operator interprets the message. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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