单词 | seed |
释义 | seed /si: d; sid/ n (pl ~s or ~, unchanged) (复数加 s 或不变) 1 flowering plant's unit of reproduction, from which another plant can grow: 种; 种子(有花植物的繁殖单位): a packet 。, ~(s). 一包种子。 the illus at flower, fruit. 参看 flower, fruit 之插图。 Sow the ~ in May or June. 在五月或六月播种。 Its ~s are/Jts ~ is very small. 它的种子彼小。 run/go to ~, stop flowering as ~ is produced; (fig) become careless of one's appearance and clothes. 花谢结子; (喻)变为不留心仪表和衣着; 不修边幅。 '~-bed n bed of fine soil in which to sow ~. 播种床。, ~- cake n cake containing ~s, eg caraway, as a flavouring, 含有芳香子实(如葛缕子等)的糕饼。 '~-corn n grain kept for 作种用的谷物; 谷种。' ~s man /-man; -man/ n (pl -men) dealer in ~s. 种子商。 '~time n sowing season. 播种期。 2 [U] (old use) offspring: (U用法)后裔; 子嗣: the ~ of Abraham, the Hebrews. 亚宿拉罕的后裔(即希伯来人)。 3 cause, origin (of a tendency, development, etc): (趋势,发展等的)原由; 根据(与 of 连用): sow the ~s of virtue in young children. 在儿童的心田播下美德的种子。 4 [U] semen. 精液; 胚种。 5 '~-potato n potato kept and allowed to sprout before being planted. 留待发芽以供种植的马铃薯; 马铃薯种。 '~-pearls n pl small pearls, 小粒珍珠。 6 (sport) ~ed player: (运动)种子选手: England's No. I ~ (in a championship). (在锦标赛中之)英国第一号种子选手。 → 4 below. 参看下列动词第 4 义。口讨, 巧 1 [VP2A] (of a plant) produce ~ when full grown; let ~ fall. (指植物)结实; 生子; 自然播种。 2 [VP6A] sow with 播种于: ~ a field with wheat; 在田里种下小麦的种子; a newly—ed lawn. 刚播种过的草地。 3 [VP6A] remove ~ from: 除去…之种子: ~ raisins. 除去葡萄干之子。 4 [VP6A] (esp in tennis) separate those players well tested and known to be stronger from the weaker players (in order to have good matches later in a tournament): (尤指在网球赛中)抽出种子选手(以使精采比赛排在后头): ~ed players. 种子选手。 ~-less adj having no ~: 无子的; 无核的: ~less raisins. 无籽葡萄干。 ~ling /'si: d-lii); 'sidliq/ n young plant newly grown from a ~. 刚从种子长出的幼小植物; 幼苗。 |
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