| [/siːd; sid/] n 用法:
1 (a) [C] part of a plant from which a new plant of the same kind can grow 种子:
a tiny poppy seed 小小的罂粟籽 *
sow a row of seeds 播种一行种子.
(b) [U] quantity of these for planting, feeding birds, etc （种植、 喂鸟等的）种子:
a handful of grass seed 一把草籽 *
Sweet pea seed can be sown in May. 香豌豆籽可在五月份种上.
(C) [attrib 作定语] (to be) used for planting 用作种子的:
seed corn, potatoes, etc 作种子用的谷物、 马铃薯等. 用法:
2 [U] (dated fml 旧, 文) semen 精液:
the fruit of his seed, ie his child or children 他的孩子. 用法:
3 [C] (esp in tennis) seeded (seed v 4) player （尤指网球的）种子选手:
a final between the first and second seeds 一号和二号种子选手的决赛. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) go/run to seed (a) (of a plant) stop flowering as seed is produced （指植物）花谢结子.
(b) (fig 比喻) begin to look shabby or become less able, efficient, etc 衰败; （能 力、 效力等）减弱:
He started to drink too much and gradually ran to seed. 他喝酒过多, 身体逐渐衰弱了. (plant/sow) the seeds of sth the cause or origin of sth 某事物的起因或根源:
Are the seeds of criminal behaviour sown early in life? 犯罪行为的根源是否始自幼时? seed 2
v 用法:
1 [I] (of a plant) produce seed （指植物）结子. 用法:
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth) sow seed in sth 将种子种在某处:
a newly-seeded lawn 新近撒上草籽的草坪 *
seed a field with wheat 在地里播种小麦. 用法:
3 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] remove the seeds from (sth) 除去（某物）的种子:
seeded raisins 除去子的葡萄乾. 用法:
4 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] (esp in tennis) select (a good player) to play against a poorer player in the early rounds of a knock-out competition, so that all the good players have a chance to reach the later rounds （尤指网球中）挑选（种子选手）与较弱选手比赛（使种子选手不至过早遭淘汰）:
The seeded players all won their matches. 这些种子选手已全部获胜. |