| 单词 | tacky-looking |
| 释义 | > as lemmastacky-looking Dowdy, shabby; in poor taste, cheap, vulgar. Also in combinations, as tacky-looking adj. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [adjective] untasteful1618 ugly1621 tasteless1676 low-browed1782 styleless1796 unaesthetic1832 inaesthetic1846 tacky1862 bad taste1895 ticky-tacky1969 cheeseball1993 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > of inferior quality or value or appearance poorc1300 vile1526 mangya1529 fine1565 palterlya1637 scrubby1754 nice1798 shabby1805 waff-like1808 neat1824 chronic1861 tacky1862 shamblya1937 tatty1940 low-rent1966 scrungy1974 1862 S. K. Holmes Jrnl. 16 Feb. in Brokenburn (1955) 89 What a weary, bedraggled tacky-looking set they were. 1883 I. M. Rittenhouse Maud 262 Two little cards (with his name printed on them in gilt. Tackey? Ugh). 1893 L. J. Rittenhouse in Chicago Advance 22 June She looks so tacky in her shabby dress. 1937 M. Hart & G. S. Kaufman You can't take it with You iii. 180 An extremely tacky-looking evening wrap. 1957 M. Kennedy Heroes of Clone iii. i. 158 He went again to the window to watch for the arrival of the tacky little car. 1967 N. Mailer Cannibals & Christians i. 16 All the tacky doings of each small town. 1971 ‘O. Bleeck’ Thief who painted Sunlight (1972) iii. 30 A tacky-looking bulletin board. 1983 Listener 10 Feb. 29/3 They were really very good, putting together a fast and lively show, full of cheerfully dreadful jokes and inventively tacky songs. < as lemmas |
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