tacky

• adj. 俗气的；发黏的；缺乏教养或风度的

来自 tack,钉子，-y,形容词后缀。即钉在一起的，引申词义发黏的，俗气的等。

1. (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch;

"tacky varnish"

2. tastelessly showy;

"a flash car"

"a flashy ring"

"garish colors"

"a gaudy costume"

"loud sport shirts"

"a meretricious yet stylish book"

"tawdry ornaments"

tacky (adj.1)

"sticky," 1788, from tack (n.1) in the sense of "an act of attaching temporarily" + -y (2). Related: Tackiness "stickiness."

tacky (adj.2)

"in poor taste," 1888, from earlier sense of "shabby, seedy" (1862), adjectival use of tackey (n.) "ill-fed or neglected horse" (1800), later extended to persons in like condition, "hillbilly, cracker" (1888), of uncertain origin. Related: Tackiness.

The word "tacky" is a Southern colloquialism. It was coined by a wealthier or more refined and educated class for general application to those who were not sheltered by the branches of a family tree, who were "tainted." Those who were wealthy and yet had no great-grandfathers were "tackies." The word was used both in contempt and in derision. It is now nearly obsolete in both senses. There are no aristocrats in the South now, and therefore no "tackies." No man who has the instincts of a gentleman is spoken of as a "tacky," whether he can remember the name of his grandfather's uncle or not. But it has its uses. It is employed in describing persons of low ideas and vulgar manners, whether rich or poor. It may mean an absence of style. In dress, anything that is tawdry is "tacky." A ribbon on the shopkeeper's counter, a curtain in the bolt, a shawl or bonnet, a bolt of cloth fresh from the loom may be "tacky," because it is cheap and yet pretentious. In Louisiana the inferior grade of Creole ponies are known as "tackies." [Horace Ingraham, Charleston, S.C., in "American Notes and Queries," Feb. 15, 1890]

The whole thing is dreadfully tacky.

整件东西糟糕透顶。

柯林斯例句

The movie had a really tacky ending.

这部电影的结尾真差劲。

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They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.

关于他的爱情生活,他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语.

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She looks really tacky in that dress.

她穿那件衣服看起来俗不可耐.

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It's a tacky, nasty little movie, frankly.

坦率地说,那是一部低级下流 、 微不足道的影片.

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He always throws out the tacky comment and the cheap shot. He has no class.

他动辄便揶揄挖苦一番——这个人不上档次。

柯林斯例句

Oh, spare me your remarks about her poverty and her tacky clothes.

唔, 求求你不要在我面前诉说她的贫穷和褴褛了.

飘（部分）

Then I'll have to wear tacky old grays and tans and lilacs. "

那么,我就只能穿倒霉的老灰色,穿褐色和淡紫色了.

飘（部分）

The paint is still tacky.

油漆尚未干.

辞典例句

Christ, she looks so old, so tacky.

老天, 她看上去又老又俗气.

辞典例句

As the rubber droplets lose the acetone solvent, they become tacky and agglomerate.

当橡胶滴失去丙酮溶液后, 变成粘的,聚集态的.

辞典例句

In general, fine particles tend to clump and agglomerate if they are moist or tacky.

通常潮湿和粘性的微细颗粒易于聚集和结块.

辞典例句

This is sort of tacky gift for a birthday.

这个生日礼物有点俗气.

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Are there tacky roller clean machines in front of the laminator?

在压膜前是否有粘尘滚轮清洁机器?

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Apply solution to the tube and allow to become tacky.

在内胎上涂抹胶水并让它发粘.

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