seamy

• adj. 醜惡的；露出線縫的

seam,縫補，縫隙，-y,形容詞後綴。比喻用法，把難看的一麵縫在裏麵。詞義演變比較 seedy.

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."

1. a seamy sex scandal

齷齪的性醜聞

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2. The seamy side of life includes crime and other evils.

生活的陰暗麵包括犯罪和其它邪惡事情.

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3. How to solve psychological the seamy side?

怎樣解決心理的陰暗麵?

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4. John C . Reilly has played a host of seamy characters to great effect over the years.

約翰-C-雷利這些年來扮演了很多醜陋的角色,並大獲成功.

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5. Seamy The novel gives a vivid description of the seamy side of the city life.

這本小說生動地描繪了城市生活的陰暗麵.

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