- Things that are tacky are cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry, or trashy. Tacky clothes are a fashion nightmare, and tacky comments are embarrassing for everyone involved.
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- adj. 俗气的;发黏的;缺乏教养或风度的
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1. Whether these recycled spoon creations are tacky or clever is up to you to decide.
不管这些循环使用的勺子制造物是俗气的还是灵巧的,都由你决定。
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2. Live wallpapers: It’s a gimmick and there are a lot of tacky live wallpapers, but there are a few that I really like.
生活壁纸:这是个骗人的玩意,有许多俗气的生活壁纸,但是还有一些我还是很喜欢的。
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3. The tacky name, invented by marketers to create a buzz, or to create demand for some sort of niche travel that no one really considered a niche before.
这个有点俗气的名字是由那些商人提出的,他们只想发出一个讯息, 或者应该说他们先于他人表现出了对于利基旅行的觅寻。
- 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.
tacky / ˈtæki ; NAmE ˈtæki / adjective ( tack·ier , tacki·est ) 1 ( informal) cheap, badly made and/or lacking in taste 低劣的;蹩脚的;俗气的;乏味的 ◆ tacky souvenirs 蹩脚的纪念品 ◆ The movie had a really tacky ending. 这部电影的结尾真差劲。 2 (of paint, glue, etc. 油漆、胶水等 ) not dry and therefore slightly sticky 未干透的;发黏的 ▶ tacki·ness / ˈtækinəs ; NAmE ˈtækinəs / noun [uncountable ] tacky tackier tackiest tacky / ˈtæki ; NAmE ˈtæki / tacki·ness / ˈtækinəs ; NAmE ˈtækinəs /
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