thumbtack
/thuhm-tak/US // ˈθʌmˌtæk //UK // (ˈθʌmˌtæk) //
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n.名词 noun
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- : a tack with a large, flat head, designed to be thrust into a board or other fairly soft object or surface by the pressure of the thumb.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to attach or tack by means of a thumbtack.
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Examples
The chart’s dense web of arrows and connections bore an unmistakable resemblance to an obsessive’s cork board covered with red string and thumbtacks.
A thumbtack is inserted in the standard near the top to prevent the box from being lifted entirely from the base.
Lay the stencil pattern in position and thumbtack it down to the cheese cloth and blotting paper.
If knives are used to cut out the design, thumbtack the leather before commencing.
The latter she suspended by a thumbtack beside the mirror of her bureau.
She took the miniature, thumbtack and all, from the wall, 183 and put it in her wrist bag.
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