He stayed in a seedy motel on the edge of town.
他住在城镇边缘一家破旧的汽车旅馆。
Choose the word that is a synonym for “seedy” in the following sentence: The tourists were warned to avoid the seedy part of town, known for its dilapidated buildings and questionable establishments.
B — Disreputable. “seedy” means adj. shabby run-down disreputable
They accidentally wandered into a ______ part of town full of broken windows.
A — seedy. “seedy” means adj. shabby run-down disreputable
seedy — adj. shabby run-down disreputable. In Chinese: 破旧的,肮脏的;不健康的.
seedy is pronounced /ˈsiːdi/. It breaks into 2 syllables: seed · y.
He stayed in a seedy motel on the edge of town. (他住在城镇边缘一家破旧的汽车旅馆。)
shabby, dilapidated — all close in meaning to seedy (adj. shabby run-down disreputable).
Yes. seedy appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
seed (seed) + y→ with many seeds, connoting disreputable, dirty.