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. 种子
I sow the seed in pots of soil-based compost. 我把种子种在一盆盆施有堆肥的土里。
2. V-T If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. 在 (地里) 播种
Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them. 男人们修剪了大片的草坪，然后在上面播了种。
The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside. 报春花应该开始沿那个陡峭的山坡一路撒播种子了。
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[文学性]
He raised questions meant to plant seeds of doubts in the minds of jurors. 他提出了一些问题，意欲引起陪审员的疑心。
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. 种子选手
...Roger Federer, Wimbledon's top seed and the world No.1. …罗杰·费德勒，温布尔登网球赛的头号种子选手，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. 将 (选手或球队) 排列名次[usu passive]
The Longhorns have won a national title and are seeded first overall. 朗霍恩队曾得过一次全国冠军，整体排名第一。
He is seeded second, behind Brad Beven. 他排名第二，位于布拉德·贝文之后。
6. PHRASE If vegetable plants go to seed, they produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves. 开花结籽
...plants that had long since flowered, gone to seed, and died. …已经开花好久、结过籽并死去的植物。
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. 他说经济已经走向衰退。
...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)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]a small , round, or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted , a new plant can grow
种子
Sow the seeds (= put them in the ground ) about three centimetres deep . 把这些种子种进约3厘米深的地方。
The chemical will stop all seeds from sprouting (= starting to grow ). 这种化学制品可使种子无法发芽。
The farmers grow these crops for seed (= for planting to grow more crops , rather than for eating ). 农民种这些庄稼是为了育种。
比较
pip
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] 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.
（食用植物未及时采摘而）开花结籽
In hot weather lettuces can suddenly run to seed. 在炎热的天气下，莴苣会在很短的时间内开花结籽。
If a person or place goes or runs to seed, their physical appearance becomes worse because no one takes care of them.
（人）变得不修边幅；（地方）变得破败
After he retired , he really went to seed. 退休之后，他真的变得不修边幅了。
例句
seed noun (BEGINNING)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 通常作为复数使用的名词 ]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 . 早年的友谊让他们成为相伴一生的伴侣。
He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people . 对人民使用暴力，他也许正在为自己最终的毁灭埋下种子。
seed noun (SPORT)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]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
（尤指网球的）种子选手
Turner's opponent in the quarter-finals is the number one seed. 在四分之一决赛中，特纳的对手是1号种子选手。 返回 seed