click 1 S3 / klɪk / 动词

1 [不及物和及物动词] to make a short hard sound, or make something produce this sound :

The door clicked shut behind me.

Mother clicked her tongue (= made a short sound to show disapproval ) and sighed.

Edmund clicked his fingers (= made a short sound to get someone’s attention ) for John to follow him.

Vogel clicked his heels (= hit the heels of his shoes together ) and bowed.

Twist the lever and the gears click into place .

2

[不及物和及物动词] to press a button on a computer mouse to choose something from the screen that you want the computer to do, or to press a button on a remote control :

Choose the image you want by clicking twice.

click on

Children can click on a sentence to hear it read aloud.

3 [不及物动词] informal to suddenly understand or realize something :

It’s hard work, but one day it will just click .

I thought, ‘What is he doing?’ and then suddenly it all clicked into place (= I understood how all the events related to each other ) .

4 [不及物动词] informal if two people click, they like, understand, and agree with each other :

They clicked straight away.

5 [不及物动词] informal to happen in a good or successful way, especially because people are working together well :

If everything clicks, we should have a good season.

COLLOCATIONS

click + NOUN

click your fingers (= make a short sound with your fingers to get someone’s attention ) She clicks her fingers and he comes running.

click your tongue (= make a short sound with your tongue to show disapproval ) She clicked her tongue in annoyance.

click your heels (= hit the heels of your shoes together, as a soldier does ) He clicked his heels and saluted.

短语

click into place/position Make sure the lid clicks firmly into place.

click open/shut (= open with a short hard sound ) I heard the gate at the front of the house click open.