seamy是什么意思_seamy怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

morally degraded;"a seedy district"
"the seamy side of life"
"sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"
"the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"
"the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

中英词源

seamy 污秽的

seam,缝补，缝隙，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法，把难看的一面缝在里面。词义演变比较 seedy.wWW.Wentiyi.COM

seamy (adj.): c. 1600, "least pleasant, worst," in figurative phrase seamy side, from seam + -y (2); the seamy side of a sewn garment being the less attractive, and thus typically turned in. The popularity of the figurative sense likely is due to its use by Shakespeare in "Othello" IV.ii.146: "Some such Squire he was That turn"d your wits the seamy-side without, And made you to suspect me with the Moore."

词态变化

比较级 seamier;
最高级 seamiest;

权威造句

1. a seamy sex scandal: 龌龊的性丑闻

2. The seamy side of life includes crime and other evils.: 生活的阴暗面包括犯罪和其它邪恶事情.

3. How to solve psychological the seamy side?: 怎样解决心理的阴暗面?

4. John C . Reilly has played a host of seamy characters to great effect over the years.: 约翰-C-雷利这些年来扮演了很多丑陋的角色,并大获成功.

5. Seamy The novel gives a vivid description of the seamy side of the city life.: 这本小说生动地描绘了城市生活的阴暗面.

近反义词

seamy side 阴暗面

seamy rock 层状岩

seamy journal 有缝轴颈

相似短语

seamy journal 有缝轴颈

the seamy side n. 里面,阴暗面

单词分析

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