seed
- IPA[siːd]
英式
- the unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant；a quantity of seeds
- sow (land) with seeds；sow (seed)
verb: seed, 3rd person present: seeds, gerund or present participle: seeding, past tense: seeded, past participle: seeded
noun: seed, plural noun: seeds
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名詞
- 1. the unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant cut open the peppers and remove the seeds seed capsules 同義詞
- ▪ a quantity of seeds grass seed you can grow artichokes from seed
- ▪ the cause or latent beginning of a feeling, process, or condition the conversation sowed a tiny seed of doubt in his mind 同義詞
- 2. a man's semen. 同義詞
- ▪ archaic (chiefly in biblical use) a person's offspring or descendants as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed 同義詞
- 3. any of a number of stronger competitors in a sports tournament who have been assigned a specified position in an ordered list with the aim of ensuring that they do not play each other in the early rounds he knocked the top seed out of the championships
- 4. a small crystal introduced into a liquid to act as a nucleus for crystallization.
- 5. a small container for radioactive material placed in body tissue during radiotherapy.
動詞
- 1. sow (land) with seeds the shoreline is seeded with a special grass
- ▪ sow (seed) after seeding forage into the duff, they now have grassland mixed with mature forest
- ▪ cause (something) to begin to develop or grow his interest in public service was seeded when he was a child
- ▪ place a crystal or crystalline substance in (something) in order to cause crystallization or condensation (especially in a cloud to produce rain) potential hail clouds are observed by radar, then seeded by lead iodide fired into the cloud's centre
- 2. (of a plant) produce or drop seeds mulches encourage many plants to seed freely
- ▪ (of a plant) reproduce itself by means of its own seeds feverfew will seed itself readily
- 3. remove the seeds from (vegetables or fruit) stem and seed the chillies
- 4. give (a competitor) the status of seed in a tournament he was seeded second for the competition
- (of a plant or fruit) having a seed or seeds of a specified kind or number: a single-seeded fruit
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a plant or fruit) having a seed or seeds of a specified kind or number: a single-seeded fruit
Oxford Dictionary
- the dropping of crystals into clouds to cause rain: the Bureau has been using cloud seeding to increase rainfall and snowpack
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a plant) reproducing and spreading by the dispersal of its own seeds, without human involvement: an early-blooming, self-seeding primrose
Oxford American Dictionary
- the dropping of crystals into clouds to cause rain: the Bureau has been using cloud seeding to increase rainfall and snowpack
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a plant) reproducing and spreading by the dispersal of its own seeds, without human involvement: an early-blooming, self-seeding primrose
Oxford Dictionary
- good-quality corn kept for seed.
Oxford Dictionary
- a cotyledon.
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片語
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- IPA[sēd]
美式
- a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant: cut open the peppers and remove the seeds seed capsules
- sow (land) with seeds: the shoreline is seeded with a special grass
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