英语词汇“seed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	seed
释义	Trends of seed View usage for: seed (siːd) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense seeds, present participle seeding, past tense, past participle seeded 1. variable noun A seed is the small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows. ...a packet of cabbage seed. I sow the seed in pots of soil-based compost. ...sunflower seeds. Synonyms: grain, pip, germ, kernel More Synonyms of seed 2. verb If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them. [VERB noun] The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] ...his newly seeded lawns. [VERB-ed] 3. plural noun 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. [literary] He raised questions meant to plant seeds of doubts in the minds of jurors. [+ of] He considered that there were, in these developments, the seeds of a new moral order. Synonyms: beginning, start, potential (for), suspicion More Synonyms of seed 4. countable noun In sports such as tennis or badminton, a seed is a player who has been ranked according to his or her ability. ...He is Wimbledon's top seed and the world No.1. In the final, the third seed defeated the reigning champion. 5. verb [usually passive] When a player or a team is seeded in a sports competition, they are ranked according to their ability. In the UEFA Cup the top 16 sides are seeded for the first round. [be VERB-ed adverb/preposition] He could be seeded second at the French Open. [V-ed ord] The top four seeded nations are through to the semi-finals. [VERB-ed] 6. See go to seed 7. See to go to seed/run to seed More Synonyms of seed seed in British English (siːd) noun 1. botany a mature fertilized plant ovule, consisting of an embryo and its food store surrounded by a protective seed coat (testa) ▶ Related adjective: seminal 2. the small hard seedlike fruit of plants such as wheat 3. (loosely) any propagative part of a plant, such as a tuber, spore, or bulb 4. such parts collectively 5. the source, beginning, or germ of anything the seeds of revolt 6. mainly Bible offspring or descendants the seed of Abraham 7. an archaic or dialect term for sperm1, semen 8. sport a seeded player 9. the egg cell or cells of the lobster and certain other animals 10. seed oyster 11. chemistry a small crystal added to a supersaturated solution or supercooled liquid to induce crystallization 12. go to seed verb 13. to plant (seeds, grain, etc) in (soil) we seeded this field with oats 14. (intransitive) (of plants) to form or shed seeds 15. (transitive) to remove the seeds from (fruit, etc) 16. (transitive) chemistry to add a small crystal to (a supersaturated solution or supercooled liquid) in orderto cause crystallization 17. (transitive) to scatter certain substances, such as silver iodide, in (clouds) in order to cause rain 18. (transitive) a. to arrange (the draw of a tournament) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds b. to distribute (players or teams) in this manner Derived forms seedlike (ˈseedˌlike) adjective seedless (ˈseedless) adjective Word origin Old English sǣd; related to Old Norse sāth, Gothic sēths, Old High German sāt SEED in British English abbreviation for Scottish Executive Education Department seed in American English (sid) nounWord forms: plural seeds or seed 1. the part of a flowering plant that typically contains the embryo with its protectivecoat and stored food and that can develop into a new plant under the proper conditions; fertilized and mature ovule 2. Loosely a. any part, as a bulb, tuber, etc., from which a new plant can grow a potato seed b. a small, usually hard, seedlike fruit 3. seeds collectively 4. the source, origin, or beginning of anything the seeds of revolt 5. Archaic a. descendants; posterity b. ancestry 6. a. in the development of certain lower animals, a form suitable for transplanting, as spat b. the seed-bearing stage or condition in seed 7. spore (sense 2) 8. sperm or semen 9. something tiny, like a seed ; esp., a. US a tiny crystal or other particle, as one added to a solution or liquid to start crystallization b. a tiny bubble, as a flaw in glassware 10. US, Sport a seeded player verb transitive 11. to plant with seeds 12. to sow (seeds) 13. to remove the seeds from 14. US to inject, fill, or scatter with seeds (see seed (sense 9) seed (sense 9a); esp., to sprinkle particles of dry ice, silver iodide, etc. into (clouds) in an attempt to induce rainfall 15. to provide with the means or stimulus for growing or developing 16. Sport a. to distribute the names of the ranking contestants in (the draw for position in a tournament) so that those with the greatest skill are not matched together in the early rounds b. to treat (a player) as a ranking contestant in this way verb intransitive 17. to form seeds; specif., to become ripe and produce seeds 18. to go to seed; shed seeds 19. to sow seeds Idioms: go to seed Derived forms seeded (ˈseeded) adjective seedless (ˈseedless) adjective Word origin ME sede < OE sæd, akin to Ger saat < IE base sē(i)-, to cast, let fall > L serere, to sow, plant, sator, sower, semen, seed More idioms containing seed go to seed seed corn Image of seed © bergamont, shutterstock Examples of 'seed' in a sentence seed And the blood of these two was in Raymond; he had developed from their seed. Holt, Victoria THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND (2001) Jenny, I wouldn't want to plant a seed here that won't grow flowers. Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2001) He said no more about Cape Town; but he had sown the seed. Holt, Victoria THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND (2001) Word lists with seed terms used in botany, parts of plants In other languages seed British English: seed /siːd/ NOUN A seed* is one of the small hard parts of a plant from which a new plant grows. I planted the seeds in small plastic pots. American English: seed Arabic: بَذْرَة Brazilian Portuguese: semente Chinese: 种子 Croatian: sjeme Czech: semeno Danish: frø sædekorn Dutch: zaad European Spanish: semilla Finnish: siemen French: graine German: Samen Greek: σπόρος Italian: seme Japanese: 種植物 Korean: 씨 Norwegian: frø Polish: nasienie European Portuguese: semente Romanian: sămânță Russian: семя Latin American Spanish: semilla Swedish: frö Thai: เมล็ดพืช Turkish: tohum Ukrainian: зерно Vietnamese: hạt giống British English: seed VERB If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them. American English: seed Brazilian Portuguese: semear Chinese: 播种在地里 European Spanish: sembrar French: ensemencer German: besäen Italian: seminare Japanese: 種をまく Korean: ~에 씨를 뿌리다 European Portuguese: semear Latin American Spanish: sembrar All related terms of 'seed' bad seed a person who is seen as being congenitally disposed to wrongdoing and likely to be a bad influence on others fern seed the minute particles by which ferns reproduce themselves, formerly thought to be invisible . Possession of them was thought to make a person invisible seed box a box for storing seeds until they are ready for planting seed coat the outer layer or coating of a seed seed corn Seed corn is money that businesses spend at the beginning of a project in the hope that it will eventually produce profits. seed fern any of an extinct class (Pteridospermae) of Paleozoic, fernlike cycads that bore naked seeds upon their leaves seed leaf → cotyledon seed tray a tray that once filled with soil or compost is used for planting seeds in canary seed a mixture of various kinds of seeds for feeding cagebirds Niger seed an African plant, Guizotia abyssinica , grown in India : family Asteraceae ( composites ) poppy seed the small grey seeds of one type of poppy flower, used esp on loaves and as a cake filling seed beetle → bean weevil seed coral small pieces of coral used in jewellery , etc seed money Seed money is money that is given to someone to help them start a new business or project . seed oyster a young oyster , esp a cultivated oyster, ready for transplantation seed pearl a tiny pearl weighing less than a quarter of a grain seed plant any plant that reproduces by means of seeds : a gymnosperm or angiosperm seed potato a potato tuber used for planting seed shrimp → ostracod seed vessel a dry fruit, such as a capsule caraway seed the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine go to seed If vegetable plants go to seed or run to seed , they produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves. seed capital Seed capital is an amount of money that a new company needs to pay for the costs of producing a business plan so that they can raise further capital to develop the company. seed capsule the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds ; pericarp seed merchant someone that collects , packages and sells seeds seed oysters oyster spat; very young oysters, esp. at the stage suitable for transplanting terminator seed a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year oil-seed rape a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus , that has bright yellow flowers and is cultivated for its seeds, which yield a useful oil, and as a fodder plant: family Brassicaceae ( crucifers ) deseed To deseed a fruit or vegetable means to remove all the seeds from it. seedbed A seedbed is an area of ground , usually with specially prepared earth , where young plants are grown from seed. sunflower seed oil the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine , etc to go to seed/run to seed If you say that someone or something has gone to seed or has run to seed , you mean that they have become much less attractive , healthy , or efficient . oilseed rape Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop . Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil . pteridosperm any extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the group Pteridospermae Chinese translation of 'seed' seed (siːd) n (c/u) [of plant, fruit] 籽 (zǐ) (粒, lì) (c) (= beginning) 萌芽 (méngyá) (c) (Tennis) 种(種)子选(選)手 (zhǒngzi xuǎnshǒu) (个(個), gè) vt to be seeded nine/fifteenth etc 第9/15等号(號)种(種)子选(選)手 (dì jiǔ/shíwǔ děng hào zhǒngzi xuǎnshǒu) to plant or sow a seed (in ground) 播种(種) (bōzhǒng) (in sb's mind) 播下 ... 的种(種)子 (bōxià ... de zhǒngzi) to go or run to seed [plant] 花谢(謝)结(結)籽 (huā xiè jiē zǐ) [person, institution] 走下坡路 (zǒu xiàpōlù) 1 (noun) in the sense of grain Definition the mature fertilized grain of a plant, containing an embryo ready for germination a packet of cabbage seed Synonyms grain a grain of wheat pip The cape gooseberry has tiny, edible pips. germ kernel the kernel of his message egg embryo The League of Nations was the embryo of the UN. spore ovum egg cell ovule 2 (noun) in the sense of beginning Definition the source, beginning, or origin of anything His questions were meant to plant seeds of doubt in our minds. Synonyms beginning start She demanded to know why she had not been told from the start. potential (for) suspicion germ The germ of an idea took root in her mind. genesis The project had its genesis two years earlier. inkling We had an inkling that something might be happening. 3 (noun) in the sense of origin Definition the source, beginning, or origin of anything the seed of an idea Synonyms origin What is the origin of the word `honeymoon'? source the source of the Tiber basis heart The heart of the problem is supply and demand. essence Some claim that Ireland's very essence is expressed through its language. nucleus The movement could become the nucleus of a new political party. fount wellspring Nature has always been the wellspring of her art. 4 (noun) in the sense of offspring Definition descendants a curse on my seed Synonyms offspring Characteristics are often passed from parents to offspring. children descendants issue He died without issue in 1946. race We welcome students of all races, faiths and nationalities. successors heirs spawn (derogatory) They are the spawn of Bible-belting repression. brood The last brood of the pair was hatched. sons and daughters progeny (old-fashioned) They set aside funds to ensure the welfare of their progeny. scions (archaic) 5 (noun) in the sense of semen man's innate tendency to spill his seed as widely as possible Synonyms semen semen ejaculated by the male during orgasm sperm the ejaculation of sperm come (taboo, slang) emission cum (taboo, slang) ejaculate seminal fluid spermatozoa jism (taboo, slang) spermatic fluid spunk (British, taboo, slang) idiom See go or run to seed related words related adjective seminal Additional synonyms in the sense of brood Definition a number of young animals, esp. birds, produced at one hatching The last brood of the pair was hatched. Synonyms offspring, young, issue, breed, infants, clutch, hatch, litter, chicks, progeny in the sense of embryo Definition something in an early stage of development The League of Nations was the embryo of the UN. Synonyms germ, beginning, source, root, seed, nucleus, rudiment in the sense of essence Definition the most important and distinctive feature of something, which determines its identity Some claim that Ireland's very essence is expressed through its language. Synonyms fundamental nature, nature, being, life, meaning, heart, spirit, principle, soul, core, substance, significance, entity, bottom line, essential part, kernel, crux, lifeblood, pith, quintessence, basic characteristic, quiddity Synonyms of 'seed' seed Explore 'seed' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of genesis Definition the beginning or origin of anything The project had its genesis two years earlier. Synonyms beginning, source, root, origin, start, generation, birth, creation, dawn (literary), formation, outset, starting point, engendering, inception, commencement, propagation in the sense of germ Definition the beginning from which something may develop The germ of an idea took root in her mind. Synonyms beginning, root, seed, origin, spark, bud, embryo, rudiment in the sense of heart Definition the most central part or important part The heart of the problem is supply and demand. Synonyms root, core, essence, centre, nucleus, marrow, hub, kernel, crux, gist, central part, nitty-gritty (informal), nub, pith, quintessence in the sense of inkling Definition a vague idea or suspicion We had an inkling that something might be happening. Synonyms suspicion, idea, hint, suggestion, notion, indication, whisper, clue, conception, glimmering, intimation, faintest or foggiest idea in the sense of issue Definition the descendants of a person He died without issue in 1946. Synonyms children, young, offspring, babies, kids (informal), seed (biblical), successors, heirs, descendants, progeny, scions in the sense of kernel Definition the central or essential part of something the kernel of his message Synonyms essence, core, substance, gist, grain, marrow, germ, nub, pith, seed in the sense of nucleus Definition a centre of growth or development The movement could become the nucleus of a new political party. Synonyms centre, heart, focus, basis, core, pivot, kernel, nub in the sense of pip Definition the seed of a fleshy fruit, such as an apple or pear The cape gooseberry has tiny, edible pips. Synonyms seed, stone, pit in the sense of progeny Definition offspring They set aside funds to ensure the welfare of their progeny. Synonyms children, family, young, issue, offspring, descendants in the sense of race Definition a group of people of common ancestry with distinguishing physical features, such as skin colour or build We welcome students of all races, faiths and nationalities. Synonyms people, ethnic group, nation, blood, house, family, line, issue, stock, type, seed (biblical), breed, folk, tribe, offspring, clan, kin, lineage, progeny, kindred Additional synonyms in the sense of source Definition the area or spring where a river or stream begins the source of the Tiber Synonyms origin, spring, fount, fountainhead, wellspring, rise in the sense of spawn They are the spawn of Bible-belting repression. Synonyms offspring, issue, product, seed (biblical), progeny, yield in the sense of sperm Definition one of the male reproductive cells released in the semen during ejaculation the ejaculation of sperm Synonyms semen, seed (archaic, dialect), spermatozoa, scum (US, slang), come or cum (taboo), jism or jissom (taboo) in the sense of start Definition the place or time at which something begins She demanded to know why she had not been told from the start. Synonyms beginning, outset, opening, birth, foundation, dawn (literary), first step(s), onset, initiation, inauguration, inception, commencement, kickoff (informal), opening move in the sense of wellspring Definition a source of abundant supply Nature has always been the wellspring of her art. Synonyms fountainhead, source, origin, fount, wellhead
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