However, you can use click with virtual objects as well, it's just not as precise. "Click the link" would be OK, you are assuming that it is understood the mouse will be used to click the link, and are thus extending the property of the mouse (i.e. clicking behavior) to the link. These aren't hard and fast rules however, at least to my knowledge.

2018年9月6日 · "Click the link" seems to me to be normal 21st century usage for people who are familiar with technology, but I suspect that varies from place to place (either physical or digital locations). "Click on the link" is totally acceptable and to me is merely more evocative of moving a cursor over the link before clicking it.

2012年10月7日 · A click was used as a reference on mortars, machine guns and some artillery early on in the military. The T&E mech. when moved 1 click would change the strike or impact 1 meter at a distance of 1000 meters. This info. found in the FM's on the above equipment. One click or klick when talking about distance on a military map is 1000 meters or one km.

2020年10月16日 · Which is the correct usage: Follow the instructions on the link mentioned above. Follow the instructions in the link mentioned above.

The question to consider is whether click on is a transitive phrasal verb or a free combination of verb + preposition. Transitive phrasal verbs allow particle movement. We can say ‘He picked up the phone’, but we can also say ‘He picked the phone up’. Can we say ‘Click the image on’?

2016年3月30日 · A click is a press, but a press may not be a click. Of the click definitions, verb 1.1 is the closest to your question. It is related to noun 1.2, which in turn is related to the more general noun 1. Click is an onomatopoeia that is related to the sound that the mouse button button makes when pressing it activates the mechanical switch underneath.

2017年1月6日 · A click is a tap, a double-click is a double-tap, a click and hold is (I usually hear) a tap-and-a-half (that is, tap once, and hold the second time tapping instead of lifting again). – Megha Commented Jan 7, 2017 at 3:52

2017年7月5日 · The Futurama sound was more of a buccal (cheek, one side) click which is not the dental click described in the OP. In informal terms, the OP originally asked for something like the 'tick-tock' sound but the Futurama clip has the 'giddy-up horse' sound.

2018年2月16日 · Alveolar, alveopalatal, or postalveolar click: "Tongue-clucking." Specifically in disapproval. Often done with a slight upward detour of the eyes. Loud long low back vowel with advanced tongue root and full oral opening: "Moose-call yawns." The author, James Harbeck deserves a huge PRIZE for his priceless article!

2015年8月11日 · Double-click has a long pedigree in the sales world. Matt Sunshine, head of the Center for Sales Strategy, which trains salespeople, says when he sold ad spots for a local radio station in Dallas in the 1990s, peers commonly used the term.