tack
- IPA[tak]
美式
- a small, sharp broad-headed nail；a thumbtack
- fasten or fix in place with tacks；fasten (pieces of cloth) together temporarily with long stitches
verb: tack, 3rd person present: tacks, gerund or present participle: tacking, past tense: tacked, past participle: tacked
noun: tack, plural noun: tacks
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名詞
- 1. a small, sharp broad-headed nail tacks held the remaining rags of carpet to the floor 同義詞
- ▪ North American a thumbtack here are some tacks—put up a notice
- 2. a long stitch used to fasten fabrics together temporarily, prior to permanent sewing.
- 3. a method of dealing with a situation or problem; a course of action or policy as she could not stop him from going she tried another tack and insisted on going with him 同義詞
- 4. an act of changing course by turning a vessel's head into and through the wind, so as to bring the wind on the opposite side.
- ▪ a boat's course relative to the direction of the wind the brig bowled past on the opposite tack 同義詞
- ▪ a distance sailed between changes of course it's a shame to see a yacht drop her sails and start the diesel just because she has to make a few short tacks
- 5. a rope for securing the weather clew of a course.
- ▪ the weather clew of a course, or the lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- 6. the quality of being sticky cooking the sugar to caramel gives tack to the texture
動詞
- 1. fasten or fix in place with tacks he used the tool to tack down sheets of fiberboard 同義詞
- ▪ fasten (pieces of cloth) together temporarily with long stitches when the dress was roughly tacked together, she tried it on 同義詞
- ▪ add or append something to something already existing long-term savings plans with some life insurance tacked on 同義詞
- 2. change course by turning a boat's head into and through the wind their boat was now downwind and they had to tack
- ▪ alter the course of (a sailboat) I tacked the ship shortly after midnight
- ▪ make a series of changes of course while sailing she spent the entire night tacking back and forth 同義詞
- a pale blue adhesive substance typically used to attach paper to walls or other hard surfaces: you needn't invest in permanent notices: slips of paper and Blu-Tack will do
- attach (something) to a wall or other hard surface using Blu-Tack: he's Blu-Tacked a large map of the British Isles to his wall
Oxford Dictionary
- a stitch made to strengthen a potential weak spot in a garment or other sewn item.
Oxford American Dictionary
- (in road-making) a thin coating of tar or asphalt applied before a road is laid to form an ...
Oxford Dictionary
- a tack coated with tin.
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- IPA[tak]
英式
- a small, sharp broad-headed nail: tacks held the remaining rags of carpet to the floor
- fasten or fix in place with tacks: he used the tool to tack down sheets of fibreboard
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[tak]
英式
- equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle.
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[tak]
美式
- cheap, shoddy, or tasteless material: this pop will never trivialize itself and be described as cheap tack
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[tak]
美式
- equipment used in horseback riding, including the saddle and bridle.
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[tak]
英式
- cheap, shoddy, or tasteless material: this pop will never trivialize itself and be described as cheap tack
Oxford Dictionary
