(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
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the paint was still tacky .油漆仍然是黏的。
〈非正式〉 俗气的;质量差的
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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。
" 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. ). "