tack

• n. 大头钉；粗缝；行动方针；食物
• vt. 附加；以大头针钉住
• vi. 抢风航行；作文字形移动
• n. (Tack)人名；(英、德、西)塔克

来自古法语方言 taque,钉子，插销，桩子，来自 Proto-Germanic*tag,固定，可能来自 PIE*触 摸，控制，安排，词源同 tangent,tact.引申诸相关词义。

1. the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

2. a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

3. gear for a horse

4. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

5. (nautical) the act of changing tack

6. sailing a zigzag course

tack

tack: English has three distinct words tack. The oldest, meaning ‘nail or other fastening’ [14], comes from Old Northern French taque, a variant of Old French tache ‘nail, fastening’. This was borrowed from prehistoric Germanic, but the nature of its connection with attach, if any, is not known. In the 15th century it was applied to the ‘ropes, cables, etc fastening a ship’s sails’, and the adjustment of these fastenings when changing direction led to the use of tack as a verb meaning ‘change direction in a boat’. Tacky ‘sticky’, derived from tack in the 18th century, also depends on the general notion of ‘fastening’ (the origins of the other tacky, ‘shoddy, tasteless’ [19], are not known). Tack ‘horse’s harness and other equipment’ [20] is short for tackle [13].

This was probably borrowed from Middle Low German takel, a derivative of taken ‘seize’ (to which English take is related). The origins of tack ‘food’ [19] (as in hard tack) are not known.
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tack (n.1)

"clasp, hook, fastener," also "a nail" of some kind, c. 1400, from Old North French taque "nail, pin, peg" (Old French tache, 12c., "nail, spike, tack; pin brooch"), probably from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch tacke "twig, spike," Frisian tak "a tine, prong, twig, branch," Low German takk "tine, pointed thing," German Zacken "sharp point, tooth, prong"), from Proto-Germanic *tag-. Meaning "small, sharp nail with a flat head" is attested from mid-15c. The meaning "rope to hold the corner of a sail in place" is first recorded late 15c.

tack (v.1)

late 14c., "to attach" with a nail, etc., from tack (n.1). Meaning "to attach as a supplement" (with suggestion of hasty or arbitrary proceeding) is from 1680s. Related: Tacked; tacking.

tack (n.2)

"horse's harness, etc.," 1924, shortening of tackle (n.) in sense of "equipment." Tack in a non-equestrian sense as a shortening of tackle is recorded in dialect from 1777.

tack (n.3)

"food" in general, but in dialect especially "bad food," and especially among sailors "food of a bread kind," 1833, perhaps a shortening and special use of tackle (n.) in the sense of "gear." But compare tack "taste" (c. 1600), perhaps a variant of tact.

tack (v.2)

"turn a ship's course toward the wind at an angle," 1550s, from tack (n.1) in the ship-rigging sense (the ropes were used to move the vessel temporarily to one side or another of its general line of course, to take advantage of a side-wind); hence tack (n.) "course of conduct or mode of action suited to some purpose" (1670s), from figurative use of the verb (1630s). Related: Tacked; tacking.

a complete change of tack

方法的完全改变

牛津词典

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。

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When threats failed, she decided to try/take a different tack .

威胁不成，她便决定变换策略。

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His thoughts wandered off on another tack .

他离开了原来的思路。

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They were sailing on (a) port/starboard tack (= with the wind coming from the left/right side) .

他们正在左 / 右舷戗风行使。

牛津词典

a carpet tack

地毯钉

牛津词典

The carpet was tacked to the floor.

地毯是用平头钉钉在地板上的。

牛津词典

The poems were tacked on at the end of the book.

这几首诗给附在书的末尾。

牛津词典

He had tacked this note to her door...

他用图钉将这张便条钉在她的门上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She had recently taken a canvas from the theater and tacked it up on the wall.

她最近从剧院拿回一幅油画，用图钉把它钉在了墙上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In desperation I changed tack...

我走投无路，于是改变了策略。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We were tacking fairly close inshore...

我们沿着近海岸曲折航行。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current...

我们上次旅行时曾经沿着海岸，逆着风浪向东曲折航行。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam...

用 1.5 厘米的针脚将它们暂时缝上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Tack the cord around the cushion.

用粗线沿着垫子边绷一圈。

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Blood tack tack in the erosion of land.

血在滴答滴答的侵蚀土地.

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Hermione flashed a warning look at Ron, and Ron changed tack at top speed.

赫敏警告地瞪了罗恩一眼, 罗恩赶紧换了一种说法.

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He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.

他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画.

《简明英汉词典》

Tack the pieces of cloth together before sewing them properly.

裁片正式缝制前先用粗针脚缝一遍.

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I decided to take a different tack.

我决定换一种策略.

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The rain side of the window while his tick tack sound is rolling around the eaves.

窗外雨声淅沥沥,滴滴答答的声音在屋檐滚来滚去.

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Sail on the port tack.

左舷抢风航行.

辞典例句

You would better tack down the edge of the carpet.

你最好把地毯的边缘用钉子固定住.

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We were sailing on starboard tack.

我们正右舷抢风行驶.

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That line didn't seem to register, so I took another tack.

看来这种说法不能引起他的注意, 我就采取另一种策略.

辞典例句

As Prufrock vacillates , so the voice of the Quartets hesitates and changes tone and tack.

就象普鲁弗洛克优柔寡断一样,《四重奏》中的声音也犹豫不定.

辞典例句

If you can't persuade him, try a new tack.

如果你不能劝服他, 那就试试新的方法吧.

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Here we have a different tack to help people search.

这里,我们为人们提供截然不同的搜寻方法.

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