- (informal)
cheap, badly made and/or not in good taste 低劣的；蹩脚的；俗气的；乏味的 (of paint, glue, etc. 油漆、胶水等 not dry and therefore slightly sticky 未干透的；发黏的
Word Originsense 1 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.).