seedy
英 ['siːdɪ]
美['sidi]
- adj. 多种子的；结籽的；破烂的；没精打采的；下流的
词态变化
比较级: seedier;最高级: seediest;名词: seediness;
中文词源
seedy 结籽的，破败的，脏的
seed,种子，籽，-y,形容词后缀。即结籽的，引申词义花期已过的，破败的。
英英释意
- 1. full of seeds;
- "as seedy as a fig"
- 2. shabby and untidy;
- "a surge of ragged scruffy children"
- "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- 3. morally degraded;
- "a seedy district"
- "the seamy side of life"
- "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"
- "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
- "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
- "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
- 4. weak and feeble;
- "I'm feeling seedy today"
英文词源
- seedy (adj.)
- mid-15c., "fruitful, abundant," from seed (n.) + -y (2). From 1570s as "abounding in seeds." Meaning "shabby" is from 1739, probably in reference to the appearance of a flowering plant that has run to seed. Related: Seediness.
实用场景例句
- He found his brother in a seedy, roach-infested apartment.
- 他发现自己的哥哥住在一套破旧肮脏、蟑螂肆虐的公寓里。
柯林斯例句
- They suck you in to their seedy world.
- 他们把你卷入他们肮脏糜烂的圈子里。
柯林斯例句
- We were staying in a seedy hotel close to the red light district.
- 我们当时住在紧挨着红灯区的一家脏乱不堪的旅馆里。
柯林斯例句
- The once dapper , cheerful agent had become seedy looking and bitter.
- 昔日风度翩翩、容光焕发的经纪人,今天变成了衣衫褛褴, 蓬头垢面的人.
辞典例句
- The book includes some memorably seedy characters and scabrous description.
- 这本书包含了一些难忘下流的角色及有伤风化的描述.
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- Many North Americans are familiar with CD - ROMs, but not with seedy Roms.
- 很多北美人都熟悉光碟(D-ROM )但不熟悉邋遢邋遢的罗姆人(:读音一样)在欧洲,这个词有另一种意思.
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- In films, we always see the tarot seedy parlor or back room.
- 在电影里, 我们经常会看到这样的场景.
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- She's looked rather seedy for the past two weeks.
- 最近两个星期,她面色相当难看.
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- He was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin.
- 他衣衫褴褛、邋遢不堪,但却因杜松子酒而带有香气.
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- You look unwell ( seedy ) , and your eyes are bloodshot.
- 看来你精神不好, 你的眼睛布满了血丝.
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- The grapes are delicious but very seedy.
- 葡萄好吃是好吃,就是子儿太多.
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- That accounts for your always looking so seedy.
- 那就是你看上去总是那么没精打采的原因.
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- The grapes are delicious but seedy.
- 葡萄好吃是好吃,就是子儿太多.
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- He felt [ looked ] seedy.
- 他觉得 [ 看来 ] 不舒服.
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- Adelson & 39 ; s dream was Macau? formerly known for its dark, seedy casinos and violent underworld.
- 艾德森 的梦想在澳门──先前以黑暗 、 低劣的赌场和地下暴力组织闻名的地方.
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