| 词汇 | port-tack |
| 释义 | BETA port tackcollocation in Englishmeanings of portand tackThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. port noun uk /pɔːt/ us /pɔːrt/ a town by the sea or by a river that has a harbour, or the ... See more at port tack noun uk /tæk/ us /tæk/ a small, sharp nail with a ... See more at tack Examples of port tackport tack Secondly, over decades the ship of state was borne far out on the porttack and it required great nerve, courage and resolution to turn the helm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the wind is from starboard, the vessel is on starboard tack, and if from port, on porttack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is the point at which the boat is neither on porttack or starboard tack and is headed directly into the wind. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To farther explain using this logic, the rules-of-the-road, at sea are that a sailboat on a starboard tack has right-of-way over one on porttack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If the wind is coming from anywhere on the port side, the boat is on porttack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is a distinction between the porttack and the starboard tack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Boats generally approach the starting line on starboard tack to maintain right of way over boats on porttack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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