| 释义 |
Verb: tack tak- Fasten with tacks
"tack the notice on the board" - Turn into the wind
"The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"
- wear round - Create by putting components or members together
"He tacked together some verses"
- assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together - Sew together loosely, with large stitches
- baste - Fix to; attach
- append, tag on, tack on, hang on - Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- interchange, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop
Noun: tack tak- The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- A short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- Gear for a horse
- stable gear, saddlery - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- sheet, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud - (nautical) the act of changing tack
- tacking - Sailing a zigzag course
Derived forms: tacks, tacked, tacking See also: tacker Type of: aim, appurtenance, attach, bearing, bring together, change by reversal, change of course, create, fasten, fix, gear, heading, join, line, make, nail, paraphernalia, reverse, run up, sail, sailing, secure, sew, sew together, stitch, turn Part of: ship Encyclopedia: Tack |