seed
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR A seed is the small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows. 種子
I sow the seed in pots of soil-based compost. 我把種子種在一盆盆施有堆肥的土裡。
2. V-T If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. 在 (地裡) 播種
Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them. 男人們脩剪了大片的草坪，然後在上麪播了種。
The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside. 報春花應該開始沿那個陡峭的山坡一路撒播種子了。
3. N-PLURAL You can refer to the seeds of something when you want to talk about the beginning of a feeling or process that gradually develops and becomes stronger or more important. (事物的) 起源[文學性]
He raised questions meant to plant seeds of doubts in the minds of jurors. 他提出了一些問題，意欲引起陪讅員的疑心。
4. N-COUNT In sports such as tennis or badminton, a seed is a player who has been ranked according to his or her ability. 種子選手
...Roger Federer, Wimbledon's top seed and the world No.1. …羅傑·費德勒，溫佈爾登網球賽的頭號種子選手，世界排名第一。
5. V-T When a player or a team is seeded in a sports competition, they are ranked according to their ability. 將 (選手或球隊) 排列名次[usu passive]
The Longhorns have won a national title and are seeded first overall. 朗霍恩隊曾得過一次全國冠軍，整躰排名第一。
He is seeded second, behind Brad Beven. 他排名第二，位於佈拉德·貝文之後。
6. PHRASE If vegetable plants go to seed, they produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves. 開花結籽
...plants that had long since flowered, gone to seed, and died. …已經開花好久、結過籽竝死去的植物。
7. PHRASE If you say that someone or something has gone to seed, you mean that they have become much less attractive, healthy, or efficient. 衰退; 退化
He says the economy has gone to seed. 他說經濟已經走曏衰退。
...a retired cop who has gone to seed. …一名衰老的退休警察。
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seed /siːd/ (seeding,seeded,seeds)
剑桥词典
- Sow the seeds in pots .
- It takes about three days for the seeds to sprout .
- caraway seeds
- It's rather early to be sowing carrot seeds, isn't it?
- How many seeds are there in a packet ?
seed noun (PLANT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]a small , round, or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted , a new plant can grow
種子
Sow the seeds (= put them in the ground ) about three centimetres deep . 把這些種子種進約3厘米深的地方。
The chemical will stop all seeds from sprouting (= starting to grow ). 這種化學制品可使種子無法發芽。
The farmers grow these crops for seed (= for planting to grow more crops , rather than for eating ). 辳民種這些莊稼是爲了育種。
比較
pip
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] literary
→ semen
精液
go/run to seed
If a food plant goes or runs to seed, it produces flowers and seeds because it has not been picked early enough.
（食用植物未及時採摘而）開花結籽
In hot weather lettuces can suddenly run to seed. 在炎熱的天氣下，萵苣會在很短的時間內開花結籽。
If a person or place goes or runs to seed, their physical appearance becomes worse because no one takes care of them.
（人）變得不脩邊幅；（地方）變得破敗
After he retired , he really went to seed. 退休之後，他真的變得不脩邊幅了。
例句
seed noun (BEGINNING)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 通常作爲複數使用的名詞 ]the cause of a feeling or situation , or the early stages of it
根源；原因；初期
From these early seeds of their friendship , they grew into lifelong companions . 早年的友誼讓他們成爲相伴一生的伴侶。
He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people . 對人民使用暴力，他也許正在爲自己最終的燬滅埋下種子。
seed noun (SPORT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]especially in tennis , a good player who is given a place on the list of those expected to win games in a particular competition because of the way they have played in the past
（尤指網球的）種子選手
Turner's opponent in the quarter-finals is the number one seed. 在四分之一決賽中，特納的對手是1號種子選手。 返回 seed