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seedy
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2019. 1. 11. 16:48
또 TV를 보다가 seedy라는단어가 나왔습니다. TV를 너무 자주 보고 있는 것 같습니다
seedy라는 단어는 어느 정도 추측이 가능합니다.
seed가 씨, 씨앗이라는 뜻이 있으니가 "씨앗의" 정도로 추측해 볼 수 있습니다.
그렇지만 내용상 전혀 '씨앗의'이라는 뜻은 맞지 않습니다.
그래서 사전을 찾아봅니다.
네이버 사전에 따르면 아래와 같습니다.
용례를 좀 더 찾아보면 사용법을 알 수 있습니다.
이제 옥스퍼드 사전을 찾아보겠습니다.
1Sordid and disreputable.
‘his seedy affair with a soft-porn starlet’ Shabby and squalid.
‘an increasingly seedy and dilapidated property’
‘Uncle Vernon had taken a wrong turn and they'd ended up in a pretty seedy area.’
‘Infrastructure is seedy and long past disrepair.’
‘True, we're located in a dilapidated strip mall in a seedy part of town, but people have cars, don't they?’
‘Think Southern California, and you think surfers, seedy motels, and gas-guzzling cars.’
‘With help from the city, they cleaned up their properties, tore down some of those seedy hotels and landscaped with palm trees.’
‘Athletic and family-oriented (all children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult), it brings to wholesome life a part of the city that can feel seedy and depressing.’
‘The narrative of Gatsby's downfall poignantly exposes the seedy underbelly of the American dream.’
‘Anne's eye grew tearful again, as they stepped from the carriage into the somewhat seedy docks of London.’
그리고 구식 표현이지만 "아픈" 이라는 뜻으로도 쓰였습니다.
dated Unwell.
‘she felt weak and seedy’