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seedy
[英] [ˈsi:di:] [美] [ˈsidi] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 邋遢的;脏乱的;声名狼藉的 If you describe a person or place as seedy, you disapprove of them because they look dirty and untidy, or they have a bad reputation. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • They suck you in to their seedy world.

    他们把你卷入他们肮脏糜烂的圈子里。

seediness

  • ...the atmosphere of seediness and decay about the city.

    这个城市给人的一种脏乱和衰败的感觉

Adjective

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"