tack
n. [航]食物; 劣质材料,赝品; 方针,方法; 航向
vt. 用平头钉钉; 附加,增补
vi. 帆船抢风行驶; 用粗线脚缝
A tack is a short nail with a broad, flat head, especially one that is used for fastening carpets to the floor.
If you tack something to a surface, you pin it there with tacks or drawing pins.
He had tacked this note to her door...
他用图钉将这张便条钉在她的门上。
She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.
她最近从剧院拿回一幅油画,用图钉把它钉在了墙上。
If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
In desperation I changed tack...
我走投无路,于是改变了策略。
This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.
这份报告和此前的 20 份报告采取的思路不同。
If a sailing boat is tacking or if the people in it tack it, it is sailing towards a particular point in a series of sideways movements rather than in a straight line.
We were tacking fairly close inshore...
我们沿着近海岸曲折航行。
Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current...
我们上次旅行时曾经沿着海岸,逆着风浪向东曲折航行。
If you tack pieces of material together, you sew them together with big, loose stitches in order to hold them firmly or check that they fit, before sewing them properly.
Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam...
用 1.5 厘米的针脚将它们暂时缝上。
Tack the cord around the cushion.
用粗线沿着垫子边绷一圈。
1. the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
2. a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
3. gear for a horse
4. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
5. (nautical) the act of changing tack
6. sailing a zigzag course
1. fasten with tacks;
2. turn into the wind;
3. make by putting pieces together;
4. sew together loosely, with large stitches;
5. fix to; attach;
6. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
on the port (或 starboard) tack
(航海)左(或右)弦抢风
Blood tack tack in the erosion of land.
血在滴答滴答的侵蚀土地.
Hermione flashed a warning look at Ron, and Ron changed tack at top speed.
赫敏警告地瞪了罗恩一眼, 罗恩赶紧换了一种说法.
He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.
他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画.
Tack the pieces of cloth together before sewing them properly.
裁片正式缝制前先用粗针脚缝一遍.
I decided to take a different tack.
我决定换一种策略.