tack, ply, ply with, standard bearer, roar, zigzag, zigged and zagged, troubled waters

Taiwan's fishermen ply their trade in troubled waters
Financial Times
Trucks laden with headless frozen tuna carcases speed down the waterfront as trading gets under way at the Donggang fish market in southern Taiwan. Less than an hour after dawn, dozens of colourfully painted small boats are unloading their holds after ...


ZURICH — Local officials have decided that this city's expanding legal sex industry needs to be better organized. Zurich municipal authorities have proposed a series of changes to existing prostitution regulations that would allow prostitutes to continue plying their trade, but only in three specific zones — including one equipped with new booths to welcome their clients.

Anger and Kudos as Florida Governor Tacks Left
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Gov. Rick Scott said he did not change so much as Florida's economy and deficit changed, freeing him to spend money.

Intellectuals Who Didn’t Roar
By ROBERT F. WORTH
The Arab Spring has not yielded any intellectual standard-bearers.

It Zigs, It Zags: U.S. Market Rises 4% After a Down Day

By FLOYD NORRIS and CHRISTINE HAUSER

Markets continued this week's pattern of wild swings between gains and losses, as earnings and jobless data got investors hunting for bargains.

《中英對照讀新聞》Indian women drive equality in India 印度女性駕御性別平等
◎俞智敏
In her canary-yellow sari and gold earrings, with a pair of thin-framed spectacles perched on her nose, Surekha Yadav could be any woman stepping down from the train at Mumbai’s main railway station.
穿著淺黃色紗麗、戴著金色耳環，鼻子上架著一副細框眼鏡，亞達芙看起來就像任何一位剛從孟買火車站下車的女性。
But the 44-year-old mother-of-two stands out from the crowds on the platforms at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus（CST）as she doesn’t just travel on the trains -- she drives them.
但這位44歲、育有兩子的母親，在恰特拉帕蒂西瓦吉火車終點站月台上的一般群眾間顯得與眾不同，因為她不僅搭乘火車，她還負責駕駛火車。
Yadav was the first female passenger train driver on Mumbai’s Central Railways and has become a standard-bearer for women in a traditionally male-dominated industry.
亞達芙是孟買中央鐵路的首位女性客車駕駛，也因此成為這個傳統上由男性主導的產業裡的女性領袖。
Since she first jumped into the cab of Mumbai’s packed commuter trains 10 years ago -- attracting curious looks from commuters -- one other "motorwoman" now plies the same suburban route. Two are assistant drivers.
自從10年前她首次跳進孟買擁擠的通勤火車駕駛室——吸引了通勤乘客的好奇目光——以來，現在只有另一位「女駕駛」定期往來同一條郊區路線。另兩位女性則為助理駕駛。
Yadav, who admitted having no interest in trains before applying for a job as an assistant goods train driver in 1989, said she has had nothing but support from her male colleagues.
亞達芙承認，她在1989年申請擔任貨車駕駛助理職務時，對火車一點興趣也沒有，但她的男性同事們對她倒是大力支持。
Madhu Purnima Kishwar, of New Delhi’s Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, said that in the workplace gender was no bar to success -- provided women were strong. "In India, women who demonstrate that they are stronger than men usually find men falling at their feet," she said, linking it to the worship of Hindu goddesses and the importance of mothers in Indian society.
新德里的發展中社會研究中心專家奇什娃表示，性別在職場上已不再是成功的阻礙——前提是女性的能力要夠強。「在印度，能夠展現出比男性更強壯的女性，通常會發現男性願意聽其支配，」她說，並認為這種現象與印度教女神廣受崇敬，以及母親在印度社會中的重要性有關。
新聞辭典
standard bearer：名詞，原指軍隊中的掌旗手、亦指某運動、政黨或組織的領袖、代表人物，如He became the standard-bearer for their cause because of his celebrity.（由於他具有高知名度，因此成為他們這項運動的代表性人物。）
ply：動詞，指定期往返於某兩地間，如High-speed trains regularly ply between Paris and Lyons.（高速鐵路火車定期往返於巴黎與里昂之間。）
at someone’s feet：片語，指為某人著迷、受到某人支配，如Her voice kept audiences at her feet for years.（她的歌喉多年來讓聽眾為之著迷。）

ply

tr.v., plied (plīd), ply·ing, plies (plīz).

1. To join together, as by molding or twisting.
2. To double over (cloth, for example).

n., pl., plies (plīz).

1. A layer, as of doubled-over cloth or of paperboard.
2. One of the sheets of wood glued together to form plywood.
3. A layer of rubber-coated fabric, often of nylon or polyester cords, forming the body of an automobile tire.
4. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn, rope, or thread. Often used in combination: three-ply cord.
5. A bias; an inclination.

[Middle English plien, from Old French plier, alteration of pleier, from Latin plicāre, to fold.]

ply² (plī)

v., plied (plīd), ply·ing, plies (plīz). v.tr.

1. To use diligently; wield: ply a knitting needle.
2. To engage in diligently; practice: plied the carpenter's trade. See synonyms at handle.
3. To traverse or sail over regularly: Trading ships plied the routes between coastal ports.
4. To continue offering something to; ensure that (another) is abundantly served: plied their guests with excellent food.
5. To assail vigorously.

v.intr.

1. To traverse a route or course regularly: The boat plies between the islands on a weekly schedule.
2. To perform or work diligently or regularly: plied at the weaver's trade for 20 years.
3. Nautical. To work against the wind by a zigzag course; tack.

[Middle English plien, from applien, to apply. See apply.]

  [動]（plied, 〜・ing）(他)

1 ((古または文))〈道具・才能などを〉せっせと働かせる［使う］

ply one's wit
盛んに知恵を働かせる.

2 ((文))〈仕事・商売を〉営む, に励む

ply one's trade
商売に励む.

3 ［ply A with B］
(1) 〈A（炉など）にB（まきなど）を〉どんどん加える.
(2) 〈A（人）にB（飲食物など）を〉しつこくすすめる

ply her with whiskey
彼女にウイスキーをむりじいする.

(3) 〈A（人）にB（質問・懇願など）を〉しつこくする

ply a person with questions
人にしつこく質問を浴びせる.

4 ((文))〈船・バスなどが〉〈川・道などを〉定期的に行き来する.

━━(自)

1 （…に）精を出す((at, with ...))

ply at Shakespeare
シェークスピアに取り組む.

2 ((文))〈船・バスなどが〉（…間を）定期的に往復する, 通う((between ...)).

3 ((英))〈赤帽・運転手などが〉（…で）客待ちする((at ...))；（客などを）待つ((for ...)).

4 〈船が〉風に逆らって進む.mis·tress (mĭs'trĭs) 

zig

(zĭg)
n.
One of a series of sharp turns or reversals: The zigs and zags of foreign policy.

intr.v., zigged, zig·ging, zigs.

1. To turn or change direction suddenly. Usually used in contrast to zag: When your opponent zigs, zag!
2. To behave erratically or indecisively. Usually used with zag: The market has zigged and zagged for months.

[From ZIGZAG.]

 tack

 vb

1. (tr) to secure by a tack or series of tacks

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) Brit to sew (something) with long loose temporary stitches

3. (tr) to attach or append tack this letter onto the other papers

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical to change the heading of (a sailing vessel) to the opposite tack

5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical to steer (a sailing vessel) on alternate tacks

6. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) Nautical (of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a different tack or to alternate tacks

7. (intr) to follow a zigzag route; keep changing one's course of action

[C14 tak fastening, nail; related to Middle Low German tacke pointed instrument]

tack 

音節

tack¹

発音

tǽk

tackの変化形

tacks (複数形) • tacked (過去形) • tacked (過去分詞) • tacking (現在分詞) • tacks (三人称単数現在)

tackの慣用句

go sit on a tack, on the tack, tacker, （全3件）

[名]

1 鋲(びょう), 留め鋲；（一時的な）留め金

a thumb ［((英))a brass］ tack
画鋲

the calendar of 1963 nailed with rusted tacks to the wall
さびた画鋲で壁に留められていた1963年のカレンダー.

2 （裁縫の）しつけ, 仮縫い.

3 《海事》
(1) 開き（ジグザグに進む船の風に対する帆げたの振り向け方）；間切り（逆風を左舷(さげん)または右舷に切り換えて帆走すること）

the port tack
左舷開き.

(2) 上手(うわて)回し：逆風を間切ること.
(3) 大横帆の風上側下偶(ぐう)（索）；縦帆の前端下隅.

4 方針, やり方

change tack ［＝try a different tack］
方針を変える

be on the right ［the wrong］ tack
方針を誤っていない［誤っている］.

5 [U]（ペンキ・にかわなどの）粘性, ねばりけ.

6 [U]馬具：saddle, bridle, martingaleなどを含む.

7 ((英))（法案の）付帯条項.

go sit on a tack

((俗))((通例命令形))黙って立ち去る.

on the tack

((俗))禁酒して.

━━[動](他)

1 …を鋲で留める((up, down))

Tack (up) this poster on the wall.
このポスターを壁に留めてくれ.

2 …をつなぐ, 結合する((together)).

3 ((略式))…を（…に）添える, くっつける；〈（補足）条項を〉（法案に）つけ加える((on/on, onto, to ...))

tack on an amendment to the bill
法案に修正案を付加する.

4 …を軽く留める, 一時留めておく；…を仮縫いする((down, on)).

5 《海事》〈帆船を〉上手回しにする((about))；〈帆船を〉ジグザグに進ませる.

━━(自)（←(他)）

1 《海事》上手回しにする((about))；〈帆船が〉上手回しで方向転換する, 間切る；ジグザグコースを取る.

2 方針［態度, 考えなど］を変える.

tack・er

[名]鋲打ち器.

tack・less

[形]

troubled

Syllabification: (trou·bled)

Pronunciation: /ˈtrəbəld/

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Definition of troubled

adjective

• beset by problems or conflict:his troubled private life
• showing distress or anxiety:his troubled face

Phrases

troubled waters

a difficult situation or time.