retackv.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈtak/, U.S.

/riˈtæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, tack v.¹

Etymology: < re- prefix + tack v.¹

1. intransitive. Nautical. To tack or alter course by sailing into the wind for a second or further time.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks > tack again

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a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 453 In about half an Hour's Time, they perceiving it only to be a Canoe, they retacked, and stood for the Cape.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 363 The lee column tacks together..to gain the wake of the center, when it re-tacks together, and completes the line.

1801 R. Southey Lett. (1850) II. 164 We tacked and retacked with a hard-hearted wind.

1896 W. Sharp Wives in Exile xvi. 254 It was exciting to tack and retack.., with an ideal yachting wind to ‘play’ with.

1961 Times 13 Sept. 4/5 Pandora tacked, retacked, and tacked again and finally emerged to windward.

2007 P. Aughton Voy. that changed World 147 The Endeavour tacked and re-tacked for several weeks as Cook battled against the elements to reach the northernmost cape.

2. transitive. To reattach (something) using tacks.

ΚΠ

1855 Florist, Fruitist, & Garden Misc. Sept. 284 When one piece of wood..becomes rotten, nothing could be easier than to retack the zinc to a fresh one.

1893 Anthony's Photogr. Bull. 9 Dec. 749 The upper and lower rows of tacks are withdrawn, leaving the sides attached until the top has been retacked.

1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 66/2 Retack the shade on the roller with the netting on the inside.

1977 A. Connors Amateur People 68 Mouldie tacked the scroll to the wall (and retacked it, again and again, he wanted it to be just right).

2008 J. Hyzy State of Onion xiv. 121 The team had set up a large felt board where they tacked, removed, and retacked names to devise the dinner's seating arrangements.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retack
释义	retackv. Brit. /ˌriːˈtak/, U.S. /riˈtæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, tack v.¹ Etymology: < re- prefix + tack v.¹ 1. intransitive. Nautical. To tack or alter course by sailing into the wind for a second or further time. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks > tack again retacka1742 a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 453 In about half an Hour's Time, they perceiving it only to be a Canoe, they retacked, and stood for the Cape. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 363 The lee column tacks together..to gain the wake of the center, when it re-tacks together, and completes the line. 1801 R. Southey Lett. (1850) II. 164 We tacked and retacked with a hard-hearted wind. 1896 W. Sharp Wives in Exile xvi. 254 It was exciting to tack and retack.., with an ideal yachting wind to ‘play’ with. 1961 Times 13 Sept. 4/5 Pandora tacked, retacked, and tacked again and finally emerged to windward. 2007 P. Aughton Voy. that changed World 147 The Endeavour tacked and re-tacked for several weeks as Cook battled against the elements to reach the northernmost cape. 2. transitive. To reattach (something) using tacks. ΚΠ 1855 Florist, Fruitist, & Garden Misc. Sept. 284 When one piece of wood..becomes rotten, nothing could be easier than to retack the zinc to a fresh one. 1893 Anthony's Photogr. Bull. 9 Dec. 749 The upper and lower rows of tacks are withdrawn, leaving the sides attached until the top has been retacked. 1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 66/2 Retack the shade on the roller with the netting on the inside. 1977 A. Connors Amateur People 68 Mouldie tacked the scroll to the wall (and retacked it, again and again, he wanted it to be just right). 2008 J. Hyzy State of Onion xiv. 121 The team had set up a large felt board where they tacked, removed, and retacked names to devise the dinner's seating arrangements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1742
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