英単語

seamyの意味・使い方・発音

seamy

英 ['siːmɪ] 美 ['simi]
  • adj.醜い;縫い目が見える。

語源


不潔な。

seam, sew, seamy, -y, 形容詞の接尾辞。比喩的用法で、見苦しい側を縫う。単語の進化 比較seamy.

英語の語源


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."

例文


1. a seamy sex scandal

2.The seamy side of life includes crime and other evils.
生活の暗部には犯罪やその他の邪悪なことが含まれている。

3.How to solve psychological the seamy side?
心理の暗部をどのように解決しますか?

4.John C.Reilly has played a host of seamy characters to great effect over the years.
ジョン-C-レイリーはここ数年、醜い役を多く演じ、大成功した。

5. Seamy The novel gives a vivid description of the seamy side of the city life.
この小説は都市生活の暗部を生き生きと描いている。

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