tacks

英 [tæks]

美 [tæks]

n.  方针; 方法; 思路; (帆船的)戗风调向，戗风行驶; (尤指把地毯钉在地板上的)平头钉，大头钉
v.  (用平头钉)钉住; 绷; 用粗线脚缝; 戗风行驶; 换抢; 作之字形航行
tack的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:thumbtack
• VERB 用大头钉(或图钉)固定
  If youtacksomething to a surface, you pin it there with tacks or drawing pins.
  1. He had tacked this note to her door...
     他用图钉将这张便条钉在她的门上。
  2. 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。
• N-SING 方法;策略;思路
  If you changetackor try a differenttack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
  1. In desperation I changed tack...
     我走投无路，于是改变了策略。
  2. 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。
• V-ERG (使)(船只)曲折航行，蜿蜒航行
  If a sailing boatis tackingor if the people in ittackit, it is sailing towards a particular point in a series of sideways movements rather than in a straight line.
  1. We were tacking fairly close inshore...
     我们沿着近海岸曲折航行。
  2. 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。
  3. The helmsman could tack the boat singlehanded.
     舵手独自一人就能变换航向。
• VERB （用大针脚）粗缝，暂时缝上
  If youtackpieces 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.
  1. Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam...
     用 1.5 厘米的针脚将它们暂时缝上。
  2. Tack the cord around the cushion.
     用粗线沿着垫子边绷一圈。

双语例句

• Don't guess, get down to brass tacks.
  别乱估计，用铜钉量清楚了。
• Brass tacks were used around the bottom part of the chair. The brass tacks showed that the chair was built to be strong.
  椅子底部常钉有铜钉，有铜钉说明椅子很坚固。
• To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.
  一个人在业务上努力工作，触及实质的人才能取得成功。
• Friends say that he takes articles that tell him not to come back and tacks them all on his refrigerator as inspiration.
  他的朋友说：他把所有奉劝他不要复出的文章都贴在冰箱上作为激励。那么，我们为什么还要喋喋不休地告诉他不要复出呢？
• We ll also get down to brass tacks, and actually study some real cryptographic packages, complete with code examples.
  我们还将讨论实质问题，并实际研究一些真正的密码套装软体，包括程式范例。
• Cost-plus pricing is easy if the seller can quickly determine costs; then it just tacks on a profit and sells the item at that price.
  如果销售者很快地确认成本，那么成本加价法就容易了，将利润加上去，再以此价格销售产品。
• For example, a man may say, I want to work for you. But how much will you pay me? He is getting down to brass tacks.
  例如，一个人若这样说：我想为你工作，不过你能付我多少薪水？
• In other words, someone got down to the brass tacks.
  换句话说，有人直切重点。
• The brass tacks, showed that the chair was built to be strong.
  黄铜钉表明椅子造得很坚固。
• But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.
  然而，仅仅经过很短时间的练习，他便发现自己非常熟练，很快他就做出了最好的鞋钉。