seed

英 [siːd] 美 [siːd]

• n. 种子
• vi. 播种；(植物)结实
• vt. 播种

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] [U] 种子

   a usually small hard object produced by most plants, from which a new plant of the same kind can grow, and which is used for planting

2. [C] 种子选手

   a seeded player in a competition

3. [U] 子孙,后裔

   everyone who is descended from a particular person, especially considered as forming a particular race

v. (动词)

1. vi. 结实

   produce seed when full grown; let seed fall

2. vt. & vi. 播种

   sow with seed

3. vt. 除去…之种子

   remove seed from

4. vt. 抽出种子选手

   separate those players well tested and known to be stronger from the weaker players in order to have good matches later in a tournament

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 种子，籽，种
2. 子孙，后裔，后代，苗裔
3. 种子选手
4. 萌芽
5. 起因，原因，根源
6. 颗粒，晶粒
7. 【生理】精液
8. 鱼精，鱼卵
9. 蚝卵
10. 种族

v. 动词

1. 脱（...的）籽，除去...的籽，去...的核
2. 结子，结籽，结实，长籽，成熟，繁殖
3. 在...播种，播（种），在…中撒籽
4. <美>催（云）化雨，撒干冰等（于云上）以促成人工降雨
5. 编排（种子选手），抽出种子选手，确定（某人）为种子选手
6. 弄去...的种子，除去...之种子
7. 催促发育，催化，催促加速
8. 用种子花样装饰，把...做成点花底子

英英释义

Noun:

1. a small hard fruit

2. a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

3. one of the outstanding players in a tournament

4. anything that provides inspiration for later work

5. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Verb:

1. go to seed; shed seeds;

   "The dandelions went to seed"
   

2. help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

3. bear seeds

4. place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth;

   "She sowed sunflower seeds"
   

5. distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

6. sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain;

   "seed clouds"
   

7. inoculate with microorganisms

8. remove the seeds from;

   "seed grapes"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.
   农夫把种子撒在田里。
2. Part of every crop is saved for seed.
   每一种庄稼都留一部分作种子。
3. Most plants propagate by seed.
   大多数植物靠种子繁殖。
4. Do you know about the evolution of a seed into a plant?
   你知道从种子发展成为植物的过程吗？

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Peasants plough up and seed in the spring !
   农民在春天犁地播种。
2. These plants will not seed in a cold climate.
   这些植物在寒冷气候里不会结子。
3. Some plants have flowers but do not seed.
   有些植物开花而不结籽。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The fields have been seeded with corn.
   田里播种了玉米。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The farmer was scattering seed over the fields.
   那个农民正在把种子撒播在地里。
2. He meant to sow his turnip seed the next day.
   他计划第二天种萝卜。
3. First scrape out the seeds, then cut the fruit into pieces.
   先刮去水果的籽,然后再把它们切成块。
4. After planting these seeds, saturate the earth around them.
   播下这些种子以后,把周围的土浇透水。
5. If you plant a seed it will grow into a new plant.
   种一粒种子,就会长成一棵新的植物。
6. Its seeds are very small.
   它的种子很小。
7. The government's repressive policies are sowing the seeds of rebellion.
   政府的镇压政策正在播下叛乱的种子。
8. Wang Nan was the No.1 seed in the table-tennis championship.
   王楠是这次乒乓球锦标赛中的第一号种子选手。
9. She was the number two seed.
   她是二号种子选手。
10. According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.
    根据《圣经》所说的,我们都是亚当的后裔。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. A plant seeds after it has flowered.
   植物先开花后结果。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They seeded the field with wheat.
   他们在这块地里种了小麦。
2. I am seeding some of my land.
   我在我的一些地里播种。
3. She seeded the grapes.
   她把葡萄的核去掉。
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4. He was an unknown player who wasn't seeded.
   他是一位没定为种子选手的不知名的运动员。
5. Has Cone been seeded?
   科恩有没有当上种子选手?

经典引文

• We plough the fields and scatter The good seed on the land.

  出自： J. M. Campbell

• Thirty-three grain drills..seeding the ten thousand acres of the great ranch.

  出自： F. Norris

• A..hole in the ground, already seeded with the first quick-growing grasses.

  出自： R. Frame

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

go〔run〕 to seed

(人)变得衰老〔颓唐,衰退〕,停顿下来 (of person) become unattractive and unhealthy-looking, especially by becoming lazy, careless, or old; (of sth) stop slowlyIt's shocking how he has gone to seed in last few years.近年来他衰颓的程度令人吃惊。

用作动词 (v.)

seed in (v.+prep.)

在…播种 sow with seed in somewhere
seed in sth
The peasants seeded in the fields with wheat.

农民在田里播种了小麦。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• go to seed 花谢结子
• grow seeds 育种
• pick out seeds 挑选种子
• plant seeds 播种
• put seeds 下种
• sow seed 播种
• spread seeds 撒种

形容词+～

• cross-bred seeds 杂交种
• high-yielding seeds 高产的种子
• foreign seeds 引进的种子

名词+～

• grain seeds 谷种
• potato seeds 马铃薯种

～+名词

• seed certification 种子鉴定
• seed corn 作种子用的谷物
• seed disinfection 种子消毒
• seed dresser 拌种机
• seed potatoes 作种子用的土豆
• seed treatment 种子处理

介词+～

• be kept for seeds 被留作种子
• a handful of grass seed 一把草籽
• a large bag of grass seed 一大袋草籽
• a packet of seed 一包种子
• a sack of seed 一袋种子
• press oil out of seeds 从种子里榨油

～+介词

• the seed of Abraham 亚伯拉罕的后代

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• seed down 撒种,播种

～+介词

• seed in 在…播种
• seed to 种…
• seed with 种…

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. seed作“种子”解时,多指有花植物的种子,树种及能榨出油的种子。用来指小量的或特定数量的种子以及一粒一粒的种子时,是可数名词,“一粒种子”是a seed,“多粒种子”是seeds。泛指“种子”时是不可数名词,无复数形式。但当seed用于比喻意时,可用复数形式seeds。引申还可表示“种子选手”。
2. seed作“后裔”“子孙”解时是不可数名词。

v. (动词)

1. seed用作名词时的意思是“种子”,转化为动词后,意思是“结实”“生籽”,主要指植物成熟后结出种子来。引申可表示“播种”“除去…之籽”,用于被动结构时,还可作“被定为〔选为〕种子选手”解。
2. seed可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. sow the good seed

   误 播好种子

   正 传播福音

   析 good seed常引申指“福音”。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的sed，意为种子。

近反义词

【近义词】

• corn
• grain

派生词

v.(动词)

• seeder n. 播种者；播种器;播种机(尤指条播机);去核器‖seedling n. 植物苗‖seedy adj. 破衣烂衫的,肮脏的‖seedily adv. 破衣烂衫地,肮脏地‖seediness n. 破衣烂衫,肮脏