- [uncountable, singular]
the way in which you deal with a particular situation; the direction of your words or thoughts 方针；方法；思路 a complete change of tack 方法的完全改变 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。 When threats failed, she decided to try/take a different tack. 威胁不成，她便决定变换策略。 His thoughts wandered off on another tack. 他走神想另一个问题了。 I find gentle persuasion is the best tack. 我发现温和的劝说是最好的策略。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- right
- wrong
- different
- …
- adopt
- go off on
- take
- …
- on a/the tack
- a change of tack
- [countable, uncountable] (specialist)
the direction that a boat with sails takes as it sails at an angle to the wind in order to fill its sails （帆船的）戗风调向，戗风行驶 They were sailing on (a) port/starboard tack (= with the wind coming from the left/right side). 他们正在左／右舷戗风行驶。 The yacht swung to the opposite tack. 游艇转向逆行。
- [countable]
a small nail with a sharp point and a flat head, used especially for fixing a carpet to the floor （尤指把地毯钉在地板上的）平头钉，大头钉 a carpet tack 地毯钉
- (also thumbtack (both North American English), British English drawing pin)[countable]
a short pin with a large round, flat head, used especially for fastening paper to a board or wall （尤指把地毯钉在地板上的）平头钉，大头钉 - [countable]
a long, loose stitch used for holding pieces of cloth together temporarily, before you sew them finally 粗线脚缝；假缝 - [uncountable] (specialist)
the equipment that you need for riding a horse, such as a saddle and bridle 鞍辔；马具 a tack room (= the room where this equipment is kept) 储藏室
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that fastens one thing to another’): probably related to Old French tache ‘clasp, large nail’. noun sense 6 late 18th cent. (originally dialect in the general sense ‘apparatus, equipment’): contraction of tackle. The current sense dates from the 1920s.
Idioms
(get down to) brass tacks
- (informal)
(to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of something （开始考虑）基本事实，具体问题