| 单词 | tack |
| 释义 | tack (tæk ) Word forms: tacks , tacking , tacked 1. countable noun A tack is a short nail with a broad, flat head, especially one that is used for fastening carpets to the floor. 2. See also thumbtack 3. to get down to brass tacks phrase If you get down to brass tacks, you discuss the basic, most important facts of a situation. Let's take a quick look round and then we can get down to brass tacks. 4. verb If you tack something to a surface, you pin it there with tacks or drawing pins. He had tacked this note to her door. [VERB noun + to] She had recently taken a poster from the theatre and tacked it up on the wall. [VERB noun with adverb] Synonyms: fasten, fix, attach, pin 5. to change tack singular noun If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation. In desperation I changed tack. This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before. 6. verb 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. [VERB] Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current. [VERB adverb/preposition] The helmsman could tack the boat singlehanded. [VERB noun] Synonyms: change course, swerve, change direction, go about 7. verb 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. [VERB noun with together] Tack the cord around the cushion. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: stitch, sew, hem, bind Phrasal verbs: tack on phrasal verb If you say that something is tacked on to something else, you think that it is added in a hurry and in an unsatisfactory way. The child-care bill is to be tacked on to the budget plan. [be V-ed P + to] Collocations: switch tack Lenders, already adept at finding good ways to bury bad news, may switch tack. Times, Sunday Times Alternatively, community drama graduates can switch tack and pursue the clinical field of drama therapy. Times, Sunday Times I clearly need to switch tack to avoid an impoverished pensionhood. Times, Sunday Times Declarer now switched tacks, leading out the ace-king of clubs. Times, Sunday Times On a 4-2 split, he'd probably have time to switch tacks. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 用平头钉或图钉钉住 Japanese: 鋲で留める |
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