tack
粘性,大头钉,大头针,粘着
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Definitions
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- : a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- : Nautical. a rope for extending the lower forward corner of a course.the lower forward corner of a course or fore-and-aft sail.the heading of a sailing vessel, when sailing close-hauled, with reference to the wind direction.a course run obliquely against the wind.one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a ship proceeding to windward.
- : a course of action or conduct, especially one differing from some preceding or other course.
- : one of the movements of a zigzag course on land.
- : a stitch, especially a long stitch used in fastening seams, preparatory to a more thorough sewing.
- : a fastening, especially of a temporary kind.
- : stickiness, as of nearly dry paint or glue or of a printing ink or gummed tape; adhesiveness.
- : the gear used in equipping a horse, including saddle, bridle, martingale, etc.
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- : to fasten by a tack or tacks: to tack a rug to the floor.
- : to secure by some slight or temporary fastening.
- : to join together; unite; combine.
- : to attach as something supplementary; append; annex.
- : Nautical. to change the course of to the opposite tack.to navigate by a series of tacks.
- : to equip with tack.
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- : Nautical. to change the course of a sailing vessel by bringing the head into the wind and then causing it to fall off on the other side: He ordered us to tack at once. to change course in this way.to proceed to windward by a series of courses as close to the wind as the vessel will sail.
- : to take or follow a zigzag course or route.
- : to change one's course of action, conduct, ideas, etc.
- : to equip a horse with tack: Please tack up quickly.
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Examples
A consistent tack for President Trump as he defends his handling of the novel coronavirus and race relations — two issues that are dragging down his reelection chances — is to dodge acknowledging how bad either of them are.
But, under a new administration, the government has changed tack.
It’s not ideal that Republicans are taking this tack, as the right to vote is so important.
Now Johnson is on a mission to teach the next generation of teachers how to take a new tack.
In the weeks after coronavirus clamped the country in a vise of social distancing regulations, many ad sellers tried new tacks to keep their clients engaged.
Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.
Anytime we have to put up the sail or tack or do any maneuvering, it requires all hands on deck.
Around 3am, my spindly legs are beginning to ache from balancing on deck, as we heel with each tack.
This second tack, the one that has worked for Hughes, is probably the most viable for Lewinsky, he thinks.
At the moment, he seems to be taking a different tack altogether.
The stratagem worked, because the ships went about from one tack to the other without being seen by the Dutch.
Whereas Lessard had acted the martinet with MacRae, he took another tack and became the very essence of affability toward me.
The wind being unfavourable, we were obliged, during the night, to tack in the neighbourhood of Dover.
It was evidently useless to try to get anything more out of the child on that tack.
They stood out till they had one and all declared that they could clear it on the next tack; they were all ready to go about.