| 词汇 | tack onto |
| 释义 | Phr V tack onto tacks, tacking, tacked tack on sth or tack sth on tack sth onto sth to add something that you had not planned to addThe film is basically the same as the book but with a happy ending tacked on. tack sth on • tack on sth • tack sth onto sth usually passive to add something new to something that is already complete, especially in a way that looks wrong or that spoils the original thing: It was a beautiful old stone house with an unpleasant modern extension tacked on at the back. The film has an extraordinary surprise ending, tacked onto the end of the original story.■ SIMILAR TO: add on tack (something) onto (something else)1. To fix, fasten, or secure something onto something or some surface with or as with tacks or small nails. I just need to tack some aluminum sheeting onto the side of the barn. He's been going around tacking his posters onto the walls around campus. 2. To add something onto something else, especially that which is unwanted or superfluous. It feels like the filmmakers tacked the love story onto the plot at the last minute. They tacked a number of service charges onto my bill that they were not able to explain. If you kids keep talking, I'll tack an extra 50 pages onto your homework for the weekend. tack something onto somethingand tack something onto add something onto something. The waiter kept tacking charges onto my bill. He tacked on charge after charge. |
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