英语词典 · 单词释义
seedy
英 ['siːdɪ] 美 ['sidi]
这里集中整理“seedy”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 多种子的；结籽的；破烂的；没精打采的；下流的
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
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.
双语例句
- 1. Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
- 弗兰克为当地一个臭名远扬的恶棍跑腿，干些骗人勾当。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
- 弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They suck you in to their seedy world.
- 他们把你卷入他们肮脏糜烂的圈子里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. the seedy world of prostitution
- 乌烟瘴气的卖淫圈子
来自《权威词典》