seamy
英 ['siːmɪ]
美['simi]
- adj. 丑恶的；露出线缝的
词态变化
比较级: seamier;最高级: seamiest;
中文词源
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.
英文词源
- 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."
双语例句
- 1. a seamy sex scandal
- 龌龊的性丑闻
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- 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.
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- 3. How to solve psychological the seamy side?
- 怎样解决心理的阴暗面?
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- 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.
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- 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.
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