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tack n. 大头钉，图钉 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. 【记】attach 附上,加上,用大头钉等附上并固定住；attack 攻击 拿着大头钉攻击；tag 标签，用图钉将标签附上，g=c【相关】detach 分开

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[tæk] 【英】 n.大头钉，图钉(a small short sharp-pointed nail having a broad flat head)【记】 注意不要和tact(机智 )相混 n. 大头钉; 行动方针【记】源于: tackle(n 工具; 索具; v 固定), tack是一种tackle, 可以tackle

单词	tack
音标	[tæk]
解释	n. 大头钉，图钉
红宝书	【英】 n.大头钉，图钉(a small short sharp-pointed nail having a broad flat head) 【记】注意不要和tact(机智 )相混
字源	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.
不择手段背单词	n. 大头钉; 行动方针【记】源于: tackle(n 工具; 索具; v 固定), tack是一种tackle, 可以tackle
趣味全助记	【记】attach 附上,加上,用大头钉等附上并固定住；attack 攻击拿着大头钉攻击；tag 标签，用图钉将标签附上，g=c 【相关】detach 分开

Tack Sense Meaning Shortening Tackle N Nail Flat