| 释义 |
seeded, ppl. a.|ˈsiːdɪd|
[f. seed v. and n. + -ed.]
1. Sown with seed.
1591Spenser Ruins of Rome 407 Like as the seeded field green grasse first showes. 1894Times 16 Apr. 7/2 All recently seeded areas have responded promptly and vigorously to an abundance of moisture on a warm soil.
2. Furnished with a seed or seeds; run to seed, matured.
1610Fletcher Faithf. Shepherdess iv. i, In some hollow tree or bed Of seeded Nettles. 1763J. Mills Pract. Husb. III. 222 It requires some experience to know at what degree of ripeness it is best to cut the seeded sainfoin. 1830Tennyson Poems 108 The seeded summerflowers. 1875Blackmore Alice Lorraine xxx, The gossamer floats idly over the sere and seeded grass.
fig.1593Nashe Christ's T. X iij, London, thou art the seeded Garden of sinne. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. iii. 316 The seeded Pride That hath to this maturity blowne vp In ranke Achilles, must or now be cropt.
3. Her. Of flowers: Having seeds of a specified tincture.
1611[see barbed ppl. a.1 3]. 1777Porny Elem. Her. Dict., Seeded a. This is said of Roses and other Flowers, to express the tincture of their seed. 1868Cussans Handbk. Her. (1893) 104 Seeded, applied chiefly to roses, in blazoning the Seeds in the centre.
4. ? Covered with dots.
1893Atlantic Monthly Feb. 231/1 It [her best dress] was a purple, seeded silk, adorned with lapels that hung in wrinkles across her flat chest.
5. Of fruit, esp. dried fruit: having the seeds removed.
1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 1 Apr. 6/1 (Advt.), Sun-Maid seeded raisins, bulk, packets of 15 oz.
6. Sport, esp. Lawn Tennis. Of a competitor: assigned a position in a list of seeds (seed n. 3) in an elimination competition. Also of a draw arranged in such a manner. Also transf.
1922Spalding's Tennis Ann. 30 Commencing in 1922, all championships and other sanctioned tournaments except handicap events shall have a seeded draw. Ibid. 31 Seeded men in the top half of the draw. 1954New Yorker 28 Aug. 57/1 The semifinals had the No. 1 and No. 2 seeded teams in each division. 1961Listener 21 Sept. 437/1 One more look at the seeded players, a convincing warts-and-all likeness of Wingate, Stilwell an ‘unmitigated disaster’, and some memorable marginalia to the saga of Slim. |