seamy 词态变化
比较级: seamier;最高级: seamiest;
seamy 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.
seamy 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."
seamy 英文释义
- 1. 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"
seamy 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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seamy 实用场景例句
- a seamy sex scandal
- 龌龊的性丑闻
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- How to solve psychological the seamy side?
- 怎样解决心理的阴暗面?
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- 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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- 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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- Human character has two sides, and everyone has his normal side and seamy side.
- 人的性格是有两面性的, 每个人都会有其性格的正常面和阴暗面.
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- Annie grew up in comfort knowing little of the seamy side of life.
- 安妮在富裕安逸的环境中长大,不大知道生活的阴暗面.
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- The novel gives a vivid description of the seamy side of city life.
- 这本小说生动地描绘了城市生活的背后面.
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- He was the man who knew the seamy side of China, where the lice lurked.
- 而且我认为,许多在中国呆得比他更久的人也觉得他是个传奇式的人物.
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- The place was loud, fast, and throbbing with life, some of it on the seamy side.
- 这儿喧闹 、 快节奏, 充满了生命的悸动, 但也有一些阴暗面.
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- To accept our seamy side, we must first admit that we are not perfect.
- 要接受自己的阴暗面, 就要首先承认自己是不完美的.
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