seedy

[US]/'siːdɪ/
[UK]/'sidi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 肮脏的;污七八糟的;乌烟瘴气的;下流的 多种子的;结籽的邋遢的,脏乱的
Word Forms
最高级seediest
比较级seedier

Example Sentences

an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property.

日益破旧不堪的房产。

a seedy hotel in a run-down neighborhood.

破旧的街区里一个肮脏的旅店

his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet.

他与一个三级小明星的不正当关系。

seedy part of town

城市的破旧地区

seedy underbelly of society

社会的阴暗面

Real-world Examples

I saw his car parked at some seedy motel.

我看到他的车停在某个三流旅馆。

Source: Deadly Women

How do I not lose myself in this dark, seedy underworld?

我怎么能不迷失在这个黑暗肮脏的地下世界?

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

Is it like groundnut or rapeseed or something seedy, something, this is really bothering me.

是不是像花生、油菜籽或者是菜籽什么的,这真的难倒我了。

Source: Gourmet Base

But her appetite for adventure wasn't fully sated by writing articles about the seedy goings-on of New York City.

但是,她对冒险的欲望并没有完全满足于写关于纽约市肮脏生活的文章。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

He’s an author. The books started out seedy.

他是一位作家。这些书开始时很破旧。

Source: Pop culture

I was picking up my dry cleaning, and there was his car, parked across the street at some seedy motel.

有天我去取干洗的衣服,他的车停在那里,就在街对面的什么三流旅馆前面。

Source: Deadly Women

Seedy bar on the wrong side of the tracks... picnic near a lunatic asylum... a wine tasting on Skid Row.

去贫民区破旧的酒吧去疯人院附近野餐去贫民窟品酒。

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 6

Something grainy, and seedy, and whole wheaty.

颗粒状的,种子状的,全麦的。

Source: Kitchen Deliciousness Competition

Well, so long as it doesn't look too seedy.

好吧,只要它看起来不太破旧。

Source: The daily life of a chatty orange.

Perhaps a seedy motel room or a street corner.

比如一间烂旅馆 或者街角。

Source: Desperate Housewives Video Version Season 8

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