| 单词 | tacky |
| 释义 | tackytack·y /ˈtæki/ adjectiveadj 1 CHEAPif something is tacky, it looks cheap or badly made, and shows poor taste 模样寒碜的；劣质的 tacky ornaments 粗制滥造的饰品 2 especially American EnglishAmE showing that you do not have good judgment about what is socially acceptable 不懂人情世故的 It’s kind of tacky to give her a present that someone else gave you. 你把别人给你的礼物送给她，这有点不好。 3 STICKslightly sticky 发黏的 The paint’s still slightly tacky. 油漆还有些黏。 —tackily adverbadv —tackiness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus tacky• The paint's still a little tacky.• The room was decorated to look like a cartoon Swiss village, but managed to be cheerfully tacky.• The dough should be elastic, soft, tacky, but not sticky and the seeds should be evenly distributed.• Knead for 10 to 12 minutes till dough is soft and elastic, tacky but not sticky.• Yes, it was tacky, but some of those pictures were folk art.• cheap, tacky furniture in bright colors• The general quality of the whole machine is let down by the tacky keyboard.• tacky souvenirs• While Almond aims for tacky, spunky cabaret rock, he's about as subversive as Come Dancing.• When tacky, start fixing the shells in place.• Every notice is up to date, attractive, perfectly aligned on the purpose-built tacky surface.• I think it's kind of tacky to give her a present that someone else gave you.• Some of the things we did were inappropriate, were tacky, were wrong. 1. (1800-1900) tacky “horse in poor condition” ((1800-1900)). 2. (1700-1800) → TACK1 |
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