verb🔗Share钉住, হালকা钉. To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head)."The carpenter was tacking down the edges of the wooden board. "木匠正在用小钉子把木板的边缘钉住。technicalactionbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share粗缝, 虚缝 To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth)."She was tacking the sleeves to the dress before sewing them permanently. "她先把袖子粗缝在裙子上,然后再永久性地缝合。materialactionstylewearChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share抢风航行, 迎风转向 To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other."The sailboat was tacking back and forth across the lake, making slow progress against the strong headwind. "那艘帆船正在湖面上来回抢风航行,顶着强劲的逆风,进展缓慢。nauticalsailingvehicleactiontechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share附加,增补. To add something as an extra item."to tack (something) onto (something)"把(某物)附加到(某物)上.itembusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share上钉掌,钉马掌 Often paired with "up", to place the tack on a horse."Before the ride, she was carefully tacking up her horse, ensuring the saddle fit comfortably. "骑马前,她正在小心地给她的马钉马掌,确保马鞍装得很舒适。animalactionagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share假缝,粗缝. Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc."Before sewing the final seam, Maria used tacking to hold the fabric pieces together. "在缝制最终缝线之前,玛丽亚先用假缝把布料固定在一起。materialwearChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share抢风转向,迎风转向。 The act of changing tack."The sailboat's tacking allowed it to navigate the narrow channel against the wind. "这艘帆船通过抢风转向,才能逆风驶过狭窄的航道。nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share附加担保, 债权合并 A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim."The bank's strategy of tacking loans from different years onto the initial mortgage made it very difficult for anyone who bought the property later to claim ownership without paying off all the old debts first. "银行将不同年份的贷款附加担保/债权合并到最初的抵押贷款上,使得之后购买该房产的人,如果不同时偿还所有旧债,就很难主张所有权。propertylawfinancebusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share连续占有,前后相继占有 The joining together of consecutive periods of possession of property, especially between squatters in cases of adverse possession."To establish adverse possession, the squatters relied on the tacking of their separate unlawful occupancies, claiming their combined time on the land exceeded the required statutory period. "为了确立恶意占有,这些擅自占用土地者依赖于他们各自非法占用的连续占有,声称他们在土地上的累计时间超过了法定的要求期限。propertylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading