| 单词 | ticky-tacky |
| 释义 | ticky-tacky in British English (ˈtɪkɪˌtækɪ) US informal noun 1. building material that is cheap and of low quality 2. inferior or shoddy goods adjectiveWord forms: -tackier or -tackiest 3. cheaply constructed Local builders run up ticky-tacky boxes in the towns instead of restoring traditionalarchitecture in the countryside. 4. inferior or shoddy ticky tacky in American English (ˈtɪki ˈtæki) US unimaginative and, often, tasteless or shoddy uniformity Derived forms ticky-tacky (ˈticky-ˈtacky) adjective Word origin orig., cheap building materials, as for tract houses < redupl. of tacky2: popularized in “Little Boxes” (1962), song by M. Reynolds (1900-78), U.S. songwriterExamples of 'ticky-tacky' in a sentence |
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