| 单词 | seamy side |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseamy side 1. Having a seam or suture; characterized by seams. seamy side, lit. the under side of a garment, etc. on which the rough edges of the seams are visible; figurative. [after Shakespeare.] the worst, most degraded or the roughest side (of life, character, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [noun] > aspect of something seamy sidea1616 under-belly1962 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > moral sordidness > aspect seamy sidea1616 sleaze factor1983 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 150 Some such squire he was, That turnd your wit, the seamy side without, And made you to suspect me with the Moore. View more context for this quotation 1837 Mrs. Caroline Norton Let. 4 Nov. in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) II. 415 I begin to think it would be pleasanter to follow a marching regiment than to see the seamy side of this intellectual trade. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 593 The splendid and the sordid, the seamy side and the smooth, of Life at Cirey. 1859 Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 403/1 He appreciated to a considerable extent, what we may perhaps venture to call the seamy side of human affairs. 1882 L. Stephen Swift viii. 185 The righteous hatred of brutality and oppression which is but the seamy side of a generous sympathy. 1899 A. Dobson Paladin Philanthr. vi. 146 The knowledge of the seamy side of letters. < as lemmas |
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