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。

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.

整件东西糟糕透顶。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The movie had a really tacky ending.

这部电影的结尾真差劲。

来自《权威词典》

3. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. She looks really tacky in that dress.

她穿那件衣服看起来俗不可耐.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》