tacky

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of tackey. alt-of,alternative
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a substance, slightly sticky.
    — This paint isn't dry yet; it's still a bit tacky.
  2. Of low quality. colloquial
    — That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.
  3. In poor taste. colloquial
    — That was a tacky thing to say.
  4. Gaudy or flashy.
    — Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was tacky, smart, and Soda's best buddy since grade school.
  5. Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.

词形变化

tackier comparative tackiest superlative tackier comparative tackiest superlative tackies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
ticky-tacky

词源

词源 1
From tack + -y.
词源 2
Sense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey (“neglected horse”), Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.
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