seedy

英 ['si?d?] 美['sidi]
  • adj. 多種子的;結籽的;破爛的;沒精打采的;下流的

TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


比較級:?seedier;最高級:?seediest;名詞:?seediness;

中文詞源


seedy 結籽的,破敗的,臟的

seed,種子,籽,-y,形容詞后綴。即結籽的,引申詞義花期已過的,破敗的。

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
弗蘭克為當地一個臭名遠揚的惡棍跑腿,干些騙人勾當。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
弗蘭克開始為當地一個下流的惡人跑腿做壞事。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He found his brother in a seedy, roach-infested apartment.
他發(fā)現自己的哥哥住在一套破舊骯臟、蟑螂肆虐的公寓里。

來自柯林斯例句

4. They suck you in to their seedy world.
他們把你卷入他們骯臟糜爛的圈子里。

來自柯林斯例句

5. the seedy world of prostitution
烏煙瘴氣的賣淫圈子

來自《權威詞典》