on the tack

Adjective

not-comparable slang

(nautical) Tacking. / (slang) Without alcohol; teetotal.

Japanese Meaning

（航海用語）タッキング、すなわち船が風上への進路を取るために、風向きに対して角度を変えながら進む操作（方向転換の一環）を指す。 / （スラング）アルコールを摂取しない、禁酒主義者、あるいは酒を飲まない状態を示す。

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The racing yacht, on the tack, sliced through the waves as it headed upwind.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

レース用ヨットはタック中で、風上に向かって波を切り裂きながら進んだ。

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Sense（1）

(nautical) Tacking.

Sense（2）

(slang) Without alcohol; teetotal.

For they were always going on the tack; a dozen pairs of sympathetic eyes would follow the consciously heroic youth as he wandered down the veranda with a glass of orange juice in his hand; and they asked anxiously, ‘How goes it, Frankie?’

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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