tack

noun

/tæk/

Idioms

[uncountable, singular] the way in which you deal with a particular situation; the direction of your words or thoughts方针；方法；思路
- 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。
- I find gentle persuasion is the best tack.我发现温和的说服是最好的策略。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- right
- wrong
- different
- …
verb + tack
- adopt
- go off on
- take
- …
preposition
- on a/the tack
phrases
- a change of tack
[countable, uncountable] (specialist) the direction that a boat with sails takes as it sails at an angle to the wind in order to fill its sails（帆船的）戗风调向，戗风行驶
- They were sailing on (a) port/starboard tack (= with the wind coming from the left/right side).他们正在左／右舷戗风行驶。
- The yacht swung to the opposite tack.游艇转向逆行。
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[countable] a small nail with a sharp point and a flat head, used especially for fixing a carpet to the floor（尤指把地毯钉在地板上的）平头钉，大头钉
- a carpet tack地毯钉
compare nail
(also thumbtack (both North American English), British English drawing pin)
[countable] a short pin with a large round, flat head, used especially for fastening paper to a board or wall图钉 see also Blu-tack™
[countable] a long, loose stitch used for holding pieces of cloth together temporarily, before you sew them finally粗线脚缝；假缝
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- baste
- bind
- embroidery
- hem
- lining
- seam
- sew
- stitch
- tack
- thread
[uncountable] (specialist) the equipment that you need for riding a horse, such as a saddle and bridle鞍辔；马具
- a tack room (= the room where this equipment is kept)马具室（= 存放该设备的房间）
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- bridle
- gallop
- harness
- horse
- paddock
- rein
- stable
- stirrup
- tack
- thoroughbred

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that fastens one thing to another’): probably related to Old French tache ‘clasp, large nail’. noun sense 6 late 18th cent. (originally dialect in the general sense ‘apparatus, equipment’): contraction of tackle. The current sense dates from the 1920s.

Idioms

(get down to) brass tacks

(informal) (to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of something（开始考虑）基本事实，具体问题

tack

verb

/tæk/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they tack	/tæk/ /tæk/
he / she / it tacks	/tæks/ /tæks/
past simple tacked	/tækt/ /tækt/
past participle tacked	/tækt/ /tækt/
-ing form tacking	/ˈtækɪŋ/ /ˈtækɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[transitive] tack something + adv./prep. to fasten something in place with a tack or tacks（用平头钉）钉住 synonym nail
- The carpet was tacked to the floor.地毯是用平头钉钉在地板上的。
Extra Examples
- A poster was tacked to the wall with drawing pins.墙上用图钉钉着一张海报。
- He tacked the carpet down.他把地毯钉了下来。
[transitive] tack something (+ adv./prep.) to fasten pieces of cloth together temporarily with long, loose stitches before sewing them finally绷；用粗线脚缝
- She tacked the sleeve of the blouse into the armhole.她把衬衫的袖子钉进袖窿里。
Extra Examples
- She tacked the hem up and then tried the dress on.她把下摆钉起来，然后试穿这件衣服。
- She tacked the ribbon onto the shirt.她把丝带钉在衬衫上。
- The skirt was roughly tacked together.裙子粗略地缝合在一起。
[intransitive] (specialist) to change the direction of a sailing boat by turning the front of the boat into and through the wind, 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戗风行驶；换戗；作之字形航行 compare gybe

Word Originverb Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that fastens one thing to another’): probably related to Old French tache ‘clasp, large nail’.