RD 5月号の "SEACHING FOR MARITA" と題された記事の一文です。
Disguised as a prostitute, Susana would venture into seedy bars, asking girls if they had seen Marita or heard anything about her."
文脈から推測して "seedy bars" が怪しげなバーである事は推測できますが、"seedy" :1. abounding in seed; 2. containing many seeds, as a piece of fruit; 3. gone to seed; bearing seeds (Dictionary.com) が何故 5. shabbily dressed; unkempt: a seedy old tramp; 6. physically run-down; under the weather: He felt a bit seedy after his operation.; 7. somewhat disreputable; degraded: a seedy hotel の意味も持つのか不思議な気がしました。
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARYによると：
1440, "fruitful, abundant," from seed (n.). Meaning "shabby" is attested from 1739, probably in allusion to the appearance of a flowering plant that has run to seed.
15世紀には "seedy" が "fruitful, abundant" の意味を持っていたのに18世紀にはその反対方向の意味を持つ様になった事が分かりました。
Disguised as a prostitute, Susana would venture into seedy bars, asking girls if they had seen Marita or heard anything about her."
文脈から推測して "seedy bars" が怪しげなバーである事は推測できますが、"seedy" :1. abounding in seed; 2. containing many seeds, as a piece of fruit; 3. gone to seed; bearing seeds (Dictionary.com) が何故 5. shabbily dressed; unkempt: a seedy old tramp; 6. physically run-down; under the weather: He felt a bit seedy after his operation.; 7. somewhat disreputable; degraded: a seedy hotel の意味も持つのか不思議な気がしました。
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARYによると：
1440, "fruitful, abundant," from seed (n.). Meaning "shabby" is attested from 1739, probably in allusion to the appearance of a flowering plant that has run to seed.
15世紀には "seedy" が "fruitful, abundant" の意味を持っていたのに18世紀にはその反対方向の意味を持つ様になった事が分かりました。
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