English Dictionary

tack

IPA（発音記号）

/tæk/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 廃用

A small nail with a flat head. / A thumbtack. / (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

日本語の意味

小さな平らな頭を持つ釘（押し釘、ピン） / 布を一時的に留めるための仮縫い（仮止め）

I found a rusty tack on the floorboard and carefully picked it up.

床板の上でさびた画鋲を見つけ、注意して拾い上げました。

意味（1）

A small nail with a flat head.

A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.

意味（2）

A thumbtack.

意味（3）

(sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.

意味（4）

(nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.

意味（5）

(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.

意味（6）

(figuratively) A direction or course of action, especially a new one.

So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;

意味（7）

(nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.

意味（8）

(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.

意味（9）

(nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.

意味（10）

Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.

意味（11）

(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.

The laminate adhesive has very aggressive tack and is hard to move once in place.

意味（12）

Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.

hardtack

意味（13）

That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.

Some tacks had been made to money bills in King Charles's time.

意味（14）

(obsolete) Confidence; reliance.

He should find[…]that there was tack in it, that it was solid silver, or silver that had strength in it.

tacks （ plural ）