tack
n. [航]食物; 劣質材料,贗品; 方針,方法; 航向
vt. 用平頭釘釘; 附加,增補
vi. 帆船搶風行駛; 用粗線腳縫
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...
他用圖釘將這張便條釘在她的門上。
She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.
她最近從劇院拿回一幅油畫,用圖釘把它釘在了牆上。
If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
In desperation I changed tack...
我走投無路,於是改變了策略。
This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.
這份報告和此前的 20 份報告採取的思路不同。
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...
我們沿著近海岸曲折航行。
Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current...
我們上次旅行時曾經沿著海岸,逆著風浪向東曲折航行。
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 釐米的針腳將它們暫時縫上。
Tack the cord around the cushion.
用粗線沿著墊子邊繃一圈。
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)弦搶風
Blood tack tack in the erosion of land.
血在滴答滴答的侵蝕土地.
Hermione flashed a warning look at Ron, and Ron changed tack at top speed.
赫敏警告地瞪了羅恩一眼, 羅恩趕緊換了一種說法.
He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.
他正往牆上釘一枚平頭釘用來掛畫.
Tack the pieces of cloth together before sewing them properly.
裁片正式縫製前先用粗針腳縫一遍.
I decided to take a different tack.
我決定換一種策略.