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

• This is not something that can be skated over – let's get down to brass tacks. After the introductions we immediately got down to business and reached an agreement within an hour.
  这件事可不能一带而过&我们来讨论实质问题吧。开场白以后我们马上讨论实质问题，一个小时内便达成了协议。
• Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.
  别管枝节问题，让我们讨论问题的实质，以求得基本一致。
• So everything has to be rearranged and checked, like tables, chairs, mean tacks, podium, audio and visual equipments and even the lunch menu.
  所以每样东西都要重新安排和检查，像桌子，椅子，不起眼的大头针，讲台，视听设备，甚至是午餐菜单。
• The brass tacks, showed that the chair was built to be strong.
  黄铜钉表明椅子造得很坚固。
• A busy doctor wants ms patients to get down to brass tacks.
  忙碌的医生希望病人能直接说出病情。
• Brass tacks were used around the bottom part of the chair.
  黄铜钉用于椅子底部周围部分。
• American speech soon changed the words copper bolts into brass tacks.
  美国方言随后把copperbolts这个词变成了brasstacks。
• Allow for 20 service openings through the diaphragm wall. He got through the dense crowd in a series of tacks.
  有20个管线进线口穿过连续墙。他连续以Z字形前进穿过密集的群众。
• 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？
• I'm afraid I can give you only ten minutes'time. Let's get down to brass tacks at once.
  我恐怕只能给你十分钟，我们马上就谈正经的事吧！