adjective
tackier, tackiest
- (of glue, paint, or other substances) retaining a slightly sticky feel; not fully dry（胶水, 油漆或其他物质）发黏的; 没有全干的：
the paint was still tacky.
油漆仍然是黏的。
派生词
tackiness
nounadjective
tackier, tackiest
- informal showing poor taste and quality〈非正式〉俗气的; 质量差的：
even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts.
虽然她穿的衣服有点差, 但她仍然赢得了我们的心。
派生词
tackily
adverbtackiness
noun词源
early 19th cent.: of unknown origin. Early use was as a noun denoting a horse of little value, later applied to a poor white in some Southern states of the US, hence 'shabby, cheap, in bad taste' （mid 19th cent. ）.