informal, chiefly N. Amer. <非正式, 主北美>
mass noun
- inferior or cheap material, especially as used in suburban building(尤指用于郊区建筑的)次等(或劣质)建材。
- (especially of a building or housing development) made of inferior material; cheap or in poor taste(尤指房产开发)用料低劣的; 廉价的; 品味低下的:
ticky-tacky little houses.
蹩脚的小屋子。
词源
1960s: probably a reduplication of TACKY2.