seamy
英 ['si?m?]
美['simi]
- adj. 丑惡的；露出線縫的
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?seamier;最高級:?seamiest;
中文詞源
seamy 污穢的
seam,縫補，縫隙，-y,形容詞后綴。比喻用法，把難看的一面縫在里面。詞義演變比較 seedy.
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. a seamy sex scandal
- 齷齪的性丑聞
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- 2. The seamy side of life includes crime and other evils.
- 生活的陰暗面包括犯罪和其它邪惡事情.
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- 3. How to solve psychological the seamy side?
- 怎樣解決心理的陰暗面?
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- 4. John C . Reilly has played a host of seamy characters to great effect over the years.
- 約翰-C-雷利這些年來扮演了很多丑陋的角色,并大獲成功.
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- 5. Seamy The novel gives a vivid description of the seamy side of the city life.
- 這本小說生動地描繪了城市生活的陰暗面.
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