tack

US [tæk]
UK [tæk]
  • n.方针；方法；大头钉；马具
  • v.抢风行驶；（用平头钉）钉住；绷；用粗线脚缝
  • Web粘性；图钉；粗缝
Plural Form：tacks  Present Participle：tacking  Past Tense：tacked  

Synonym

Antonym

Advanced E-C

E-C

E-E

Web Definition

tack
n.
1.
[u][sing]
方针；方法；思路the way in which you deal with a particular situation; the direction of your words or thoughts
a complete change of tack
方法的完全改变
It was a brave decision to change tack in the middle of the project.
在项目进行过程当中改变方针是个大胆的决定。
When threats failed, she decided to try/take a different tack .
威胁不成，她便决定变换策略。
His thoughts wandered off on another tack .
他走神想另一个问题了。
2.
[c][u]
（帆船的）抢风调向，抢风行驶the direction that a boat with sails takes as it sails at an angle to the wind in order to fill its sails
They were sailing on (a) port/starboard tack(= with the wind coming from the left/right side) .
他们正在左╱右舷戗风行使。
3.
[c]
（尤指把地毯钉在地板上的）平头钉，大头钉a small nail with a sharp point and a flat head, used especially for fixing a carpet to the floor
a carpet tack
地毯钉
4.
[c]
粗线脚缝；假缝a long loose stitch used for holding pieces of cloth together temporarily, before you sew them finally
5.
[u]
鞍辔；马具the equipment that you need for riding a horse, such as a saddle and bridle
v.
1.
[t]
~ sth + adv./prep.
（用平头钉）钉住to fasten sth in place with a tack or tacks
The carpet was tacked to the floor.
地毯是用平头钉钉在地板上的。
2.
[t]
~ sth (+ adv./prep.)
绷；用粗线脚缝to fasten pieces of cloth together temporarily with long loose stitches before sewing them finally
3.
[i]
抢风行驶；换抢；作之字形航行to change the direction of a sailing boat so that the wind blows onto the sails from the opposite side; to do this several times in order to travel in the direction that the wind is coming from

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,方针方针,方法方法,大头钉大头钉,马具马具,抢风行驶抢风行驶,钉住钉住,绷绷,用粗线脚缝用粗线脚缝,粘性粘性,图钉图钉,粗缝粗缝
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The decision was an abrupt change of tack a month after the company said an independent committee had found no fraud.
这一决定来得非常突然。此前一个月，该公司曾表示一个独立委员会没有发现任何欺诈行为。
zhè yī jué dìng lái de fēi cháng tū rán 。 cǐ qián yī gè yuè , gāi gōng sī céng biǎo shì yī gè dú lì wěi yuán huì méi yǒu fā xiàn rèn hé qī zhà xíng wéi 。
chinese.wsj.com
2.
When it came -- thirty cents -- he pinned it up in his trailer, brass-headed tack in each corner.
明信片到了，三十美分。他把它贴在自己车里，四个角用黄铜大头钉钉住。
míng xìn piàn dào le , sān shí měi fēn 。 tā bǎ tā tiē zài zì jǐ chē lǐ , sì gè jiǎo yòng huáng tóng dà tóu dīng dīng zhù 。
www.ebigear.com
3.
Maybe, but you know, it's hard to tell for sure after all this time if Ida Tack's group did discover element 43.
或许是吧。但是这么长时间之后，很难确定爱德泰克的团队是否真的发现了43号元素。
huò xǔ shì ba 。 dàn shì zhè me cháng shí jiān zhī hòu , hěn nán què dìng ài dé tài kè de tuán duì shì fǒu zhēn de fā xiàn le sì shí sān hào yuán sù 。
tieba.baidu.com
4.
He sounded more sincere (and more desperate) than before. He may even have been trying to signal a change of tack.
这一回他听起来似乎比以前诚恳许多（可是更加绝望），他甚至可能试图做出改弦更张的姿态。
zhè yī huí tā tīng qǐ lái sì hū bǐ yǐ qián chéng kěn xǔ duō ( kě shì gèng jiā jué wàng ) , tā shèn zhì kě néng shì tú zuò chū gǎi xián gēng zhāng de zī tài 。
www.ecocn.org
5.
At this point Greene changes tack as he considers Hugh Everett III's Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.
这个时候，Greene考虑到HughEverettIII的《量子力学的多重世界解读》，于是他改变了策略。
zhè ge shí hou , Greene kǎo lǜ dào HughEverettIII de 《 liàng zǐ lì xué de duō zhòng shì jiè jiě dú 》 , yú shì tā gǎi biàn le cè lüè 。
kk.dongxi.net
6.
When he had scouted the idea of that kind of toil, he took another tack.
当他驳够了做苦工的念头以后，他的思想转到了别的上面。
dāng tā bó gòu le zuò kǔ gōng de niàn tóu yǐ hòu , tā de sī xiǎng zhuǎn dào le bié de shàng mian 。
www.bing.com
7.
DAB out: A means of comparing or examining ink properties such as tack or ink it down to a thin film on the ink slab with a circular motion.
拍试：手来检查或比较油墨特性如粘度和颜色的方法。用手指掭取小量油墨，在油墨械一以打圈方式把它分薄。
pāi shì : shǒu lái jiǎn chá huò bǐ jiào yóu mò tè xìng rú nián dù hé yán sè de fāng fǎ 。 yòng shǒu zhǐ tiàn qǔ xiǎo liàng yóu mò , zài yóu mò xiè yī yǐ dǎ quān fāng shì bǎ tā fēn báo 。
dict.ebigear.com
8.
That might tack on about $2, 000 to the cost of changing to natural gas, bringing the total bill for a switch up to about $8, 000.
可能钉对约2,000元，以成本的不断变化，以天然气，使总数草案交换机最多可有大约八千元。
kě néng dīng duì yuē èr , líng líng líng yuán , yǐ chéng běn de bú duàn biàn huà , yǐ tiān rán qì , shǐ zǒng shù cǎo àn jiāo huàn jī zuì duō kě yǒu dà yuē bā qiān yuán 。
q.sohu.com
9.
He took a similar tack at an afternoon picnic with union members in Monroe.
他采取了类似的钉在一下午的野餐与工会成员在梦露。
tā cǎi qǔ le lèi sì de dīng zài yī xià wǔ de yě cān yǔ gōng huì chéng yuán zài mèng lòu 。
blog.sina.com.cn
10.
"Most developers in London are including China in their marketing efforts, " said Matthew Tack, a director at Hamptons in London.
“大多数伦敦开发商正将中国纳入其营销活动之中。”
" dà duō shù lún dūn kāi fā shāng zhèng jiāng zhōng guó nà rù qí yíng xiāo huó dòng zhī zhōng 。 "
article.yeeyan.org