tacky

• adj. 俗氣的；發(fā)黏的；缺乏教養(yǎng)或風(fēng)度的

來(lái)自 tack,釘子，-y,形容詞后綴。即釘在一起的，引申詞義發(fā)黏的，俗氣的等。

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]

1. The whole thing is dreadfully tacky.

整件東西糟糕透頂。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The movie had a really tacky ending.

這部電影的結(jié)尾真差勁。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

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

關(guān)于他的愛(ài)情生活,他們散播了許多不堪的閑言閑語(yǔ).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. She looks really tacky in that dress.

她穿那件衣服看起來(lái)俗不可耐.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

坦率地說(shuō),那是一部低級(jí)下流 、 微不足道的影片.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》