Tack

(noun.) sailing a zigzag course.

(noun.) (nautical) the act of changing tack.

(noun.) a short nail with a sharp point and a large head.

(noun.) the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails.

(verb.) fasten with tacks; 'tack the notice on the board'.

(verb.) turn into the wind; 'The sailors decided to tack the boat'; 'The boat tacked'.

录入:梅利特

• First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I think I shall be able to put him on the right tack; and I am the more pleased because he is a relation of yours, Casaubon. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• That is the moral you tack to the play. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Upon the outside of the studding tack building paper again, as shown at Fig. C in the first illustration. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• She could hear their tick-tack, tick-tack. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But you must come up and tack on my patterns all the same. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Oh, how she suffered, lying there alone, confronted by the terrible clock, with its eternal tick-tack. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• When this is fastened the cloth is tacked around the remainder of the bed; being stretched as tightly as possible in every direction. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The bed cloth is first tacked to the frame beneath the slate at one corner. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The last, made of wood, is now put in place and tacked fast by the insole tacking machine, when the upper is placed over it and fastened by two tacks to hold it in place. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• An outer sole, channeled to receive the stitches, is then tacked on so that the edges of the upper are caught and retained between the two soles. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The half of the pocket net not attached to the irons is tacked to the edge of the frame, underneath the bed, and covered with red leather, to withstand wear and for decorative effect. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Half or three-fourths-inch rods with heavy caps at the ends should be sufficient, and are easily put in place before the boards are tacked to the partition. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Such an arrangement of wire is known as a helix or solenoid, and is capable of lifting or pulling larger and more numerous filings and even good-sized pieces of iron, such as tacks. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The cloth is then drawn over the top of the ferule, hiding the latter from sight, and is drawn down over the rubber and fastened on the under side of the rail with steel tacks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then comes the pulling-over machine, the pincers of which draw the leather securely against the wood of the last, to which it is fastened by other tacks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The last, made of wood, is now put in place and tacked fast by the insole tacking machine, when the upper is placed over it and fastened by two tacks to hold it in place. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mr. Squod tacks out, all on one side, to execute the word of command; and the trooper, having smoked his pipe, lays it by. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• These tacks in the upper are driven only part way in, so that they may be easily drawn out when no longer needed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The last, made of wood, is now put in place and tacked fast by the insole tacking machine, when the upper is placed over it and fastened by two tacks to hold it in place. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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