单词 | tack something ↔ on |
释义 | tack something ↔ ontack 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. → tack something ↔ on at tack2(1) |
随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含283110条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。