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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   tack

   • IPA[tak]

   美式

   • n.
     a small, sharp broad-headed nail；a thumbtack
   • v.
     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

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a small, sharp broad-headed nail tacks held the remaining rags of carpet to the floor 同義詞 pin, nail, staple, spike, rivet, ... 更多stud, drawing pin, tin tack, thumb tack
   • ▪ 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 approach, way, method, process, policy, ... 更多procedure, technique, tactic, plan, strategy, stratagem, program, line of attack, course of action, line of action, path, line, angle, direction, course
   • 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 heading, bearing, direction, course, track, ... 更多path, line
   • ▪ 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

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. fasten or fix in place with tacks he used the tool to tack down sheets of fiberboard 同義詞 pin, nail, staple, fix, fasten, ... 更多attach, secure, affix, put up, put down
   • ▪ fasten (pieces of cloth) together temporarily with long stitches when the dress was roughly tacked together, she tried it on 同義詞 stitch, baste, sew, bind, hem
   • ▪ add or append something to something already existing long-term savings plans with some life insurance tacked on 同義詞 attach, add, append, join, tag, ... 更多annex
   • 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 change course, change direction, change heading, swerve, zigzag, ... 更多veer off/away, go about, come about, beat, sail into the wind

   片語

   • on the port tack
   • on the starboard tack