Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense tacks, present participle tacking, past tense, past participle tacked
1N-COUNT (尤指固定地毯的)大头钉,平头钉 A tack is a short nail with a broad, flat head, especially one that is used for fastening carpets to the floor. to get down to brass tacks→see: brass(尤指固定地毯的)大头钉,平头钉
4N-SING 方法;策略;思路 If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation. 方法;策略;思路
In desperation I changed tack.
我走投无路,于是改变了策略。
This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.
这份报告和此前的 20 份报告采取的思路不同。
5V-ERG (使)(船只)曲折航行,蜿蜒航行 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. (使)(船只)曲折航行,蜿蜒航行 [Also VERB n preposition/adverb]
We were tacking fairly close inshore. [VERB]
我们沿着近海岸曲折航行。
Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current. [VERB adv./prep.]
我们上次旅行时曾经沿着海岸,逆着风浪向东曲折航行。
The helmsman could tack the boat singlehanded. [VERB noun]
舵手独自一人就能变换航向。
SYN change course, swerve, change direction, go about
6VERB (用大针脚)粗缝,暂时缝上 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. (用大针脚)粗缝,暂时缝上
Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam. [VERB noun with together]
用 1.5 厘米的针脚将它们暂时缝上。
Tack the cord around the cushion. [VERB noun prep./adv.]