tack

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tack1 /tæk/ noun

1. nail 钉子 [countableC]D a small nail with a sharp point and a flat top 平头钉；工字钉 →5 see picture at 见图 screw, stationery

2. pin 针；钉 [countableC] American EnglishAmED a short pin with a large round flat top, for attaching notices to boards, walls etc 图钉，按钉 SYN thumbtack, British English drawing pin

3 way of doing STH 做某事的方式DIFFERENT [countableC, uncountableU] the way you deal with a particular situation or a method that you use to achieve something 方针；方法；思路

If that doesn’t work, we’ll try a different tack.

如果那样不行，我们将试试别的方法。

Rudy changed tack, his tone suddenly becoming friendly.

鲁迪改变策略，语气突然变得友好起来。

4 ship 船TTW

a) [countableC, uncountableU] the direction that a sailing boat moves, depending on the direction of the wind and the position of its sails 〔船只由风向和帆的位置决定的〕航行方向

b) [countableC] the action of changing the direction of a sailing boat, or the distance it travels between these changes 〔帆船的〕迎风转向，抢风调向；抢风航程

a long tack into the bay

抢风进港的一长段航程

5. horses 马匹 [uncountableU] technicalDSH the equipment you need for riding a horse, such as a saddle etc 马具，鞍辔

6. sewing 缝纫 [countableC]DLH a long loose stitch used for fastening pieces of cloth together before sewing them 假缝，粗缝

7 ugly objects 丑陋的物品 [uncountableU] British EnglishBrECHEAP ugly cheap objects sold as decorations 〔难看而廉价的〕小装饰品

souvenir shops full of tack

全是劣质小饰品的纪念品商店

Examples from the Corpus

tack• The horse was immaculate, mane braided, tack buffed to perfection.• Bristle brushes, tacks, and candles got similar treatment.• Last year, Krenning decided to try a new tack.• Once on the new side, the rig should be thrown well forwards to complete the turn on to the new tack.• Johnnie found the tacks in the bottom drawer and, whirling on her heels, marched out of the kitchen.• She wasn't on the wooden horse or in the yard or in the tack room.

changed tack• Instead, the firm changed tack.• Then he changed tack and asked us if we had any problems with his friends.• Then it changed tack, slewing around slightly.• Nigel changed tack and his tone became more accommodating.• Eudo had replied through swollen, bloody lips that he knew nothing, so the questioners changed tack.• Although the record initially had the band's approval, they soon changed tack when the implications were realised.• In the second half, he suddenly changed tack.

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tack2 verb

1 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FASTEN/DO UP to attach something to a wall, board etc, using a tack 〔用图钉〕把…钉上

tack something to something

A handwritten note was tacked to the wall.

一张手写便条钉在墙上。

2. [intransitiveI]TTW to change the course of a sailing ship so that the wind blows against its sails from the opposite direction 〔帆船〕抢风航行

3. [transitiveT]DCDLH to fasten pieces of cloth together with long loose stitches, before sewing them 〔大针脚〕暂缝，粗缝

4 tack something ↔ on phrasal verbphr v ADDto add something new to something that is already complete, especially in a way that looks wrong or spoils the original thing 〔尤指画蛇添足地〕增补，附加

a beautiful old house with a hideous modern extension tacked on at the back

后面加建了一个丑陋的现代建筑物的漂亮老房子

Examples from the Corpus

tack on• The Vice-President, Richard M.. Nixon, then tried an-other tack.• To the left of the map pictures of Paula Wilson, plus the remains of the two dead murderers, were tacked.• There beside him, tacked up on a long corkboard and framed inn glass, were the familiar pages of the Tribune.• In the spring, you could tack them on a post in your garden to keep the crows. away!• Let the samples dry thoroughly, then tack them up on a wall and note the differences.• I washed it and soaked it best I could and tacked it on for the back of the skirt.• Questions about the nature of the self have taken different tacks depending on which tradition the questions come from.

Examples from the Corpus

tack• Always nice that they tack a little contest on to the end of a week like this.• When all the pleats have been tacked in place, check that the finished width equals the length of the valance rail.• Seagate Technology tacked on 7 / 8 to 47 3 / 4, having traded as high as 49 in the session.• Environmental protection can not be tacked on to the end of industrial development.• They hung at the end of slender wrists and looked as if they had been tacked on to the wrong person.• They would search the woods behind the house, and Nockerd would tack the chicken wire tighter around the cage.• Then firmly tack the seam, leaving the needles in place, to hold the layers together.• A few charcoal sketches were tacked to the walls.

tack something to something• The handwritten note was tacked to the wall.

Origin tack1

1. (1300-1400) Old North French taque “fastening”

2. (1700-1800) → TACKLE2

3. (1900-2000) tacky

tack1 nountack2 verb

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