2VERB 在(地里)播种 If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. 在(地里)播种
Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them. [VERB noun]
人们割了大片草地的草,然后在上面播种。
The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
报春花应该开始沿着陡峭的山坡一路撒播种子了。
...his newly seeded lawns. [VERB-ed]
他那几片刚刚播种的草地
3N-PLURAL (感情、过程的)起源,开端,萌芽 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. (感情、过程的)起源,开端,萌芽 [literary]
He raised questions meant to plant seeds of doubts in the minds of jurors. [+ of]
他提出几个问题意欲引起陪审员的疑心。
He considered that there were, in these developments, the seeds of a new moral order.
4N-COUNT (网球、羽毛球等体育项目中的)种子选手 In sports such as tennis or badminton, a seed is a player who has been ranked according to his or her ability. (网球、羽毛球等体育项目中的)种子选手
...Pete Sampras, Wimbledon's top seed and the world No.1.
皮特·桑普拉斯,温布尔登网球锦标赛的头号种子,世界排名第一
In the final Capriati, the third seed, defeated Katerina Maleeva.
在决赛中,三号种子选手卡普里亚蒂击败了凯特林娜·马莉娃。
5VERB [usually passive]将(选手或参赛队)排列名次 When a player or a team is seeded in a sports competition, they are ranked according to their ability. 将(选手或参赛队)排列名次
In the UEFA Cup the top 16 sides are seeded for the first round. [beVERB-ed adv./prep.]
在欧洲联盟杯比赛中,排名前 16 位的球队已按位次进入首轮。
He is seeded second, behind Brad Beven. [V-ed ord]
他被列为二号种子选手,位居布拉德·贝文之后。
The top four seeded nations are through to the semi-finals. [VERB-ed]
排名前四位的国家进入半决赛。
6PHRASE 开花结籽 If vegetable plants go to seed or run to seed, they produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves. 开花结籽
If unused, winter radishes run to seed in spring.
如果不去动的话,冬萝卜会在春天开花结籽。
7PHRASE 衰老;风光不再;衰退;退化 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. 衰老;风光不再;衰退;退化
He says the economy has gone to seed.
他说经济已经走向衰退。
He was a big man in his forties; once he had a lot of muscle but now he was running to seed.
1from which a plant grows種子ADJECTIVE | ... OF SEEDS | VERB + SEED | SEED + VERB | SEED + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤grass, mustard, poppy, sesame, etc.草籽、芥菜籽、罌粟籽、芝麻等▸➤bird (usually birdseed)鳥食➤bad (NAmE, figurative) 壞種◇the transformation of Tracy from good girl to bad seed特蕾西從好女孩到問題女孩的轉變... OF SEEDS➤packet一包種子VERB + SEED➤plant, sow種下種子;播種▸➤produce, set結籽◇This tree produces very hard seeds.這種樹結一種硬粒種子。◇The plant will set seed in June.這種植物在 6 月結籽。➤grow sth from, raise sth from用種子培育⋯◇She grew all the plants from seed.所有這些植物都是她用種子培育出來的。➤disperse, spread撒播/傳播種子◇Most seeds are spread by the wind.大多數種子是由風傳播的。➤go to, run to(花謝)結籽◇Cutting weeds before they go to seed will greatly reduce future weed problems.在雜草結籽前將其剪除會極大地減少將來的雜草問題。➤contain包着種子◇Each fruit usually contains a single seed.通常每個水果只有一粒種子。◇He argued that capitalism contained the seeds of its own destruction. (figurative) 他指出資本主義自身蘊藏着自我毀滅的種子。➤remove去掉籽◇Peel the peppers and remove the seeds.給甜椒剝皮去籽。SEED + VERB➤germinate, grow, sprout種子發芽;種子生長SEED + NOUN➤head, pod種穗;心皮▸➤packet, tray種子包;育苗盤▸➤bank, catalogue, merchant (especially BrE) 種子庫;種子目錄;種子經銷商▸➤corn, potato糧種;種用馬鈴薯➤money本錢;起步資金PHRASES➤a variety of seeds各個品種的種子◇The catalogue has hundreds of different varieties of seeds.目錄中列出了數百個品種的種子。seed
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2player in a sports competition選手ADJECTIVE➤first, second, etc.頭號、二號等種子選手▸➤number-one, number-two, etc.一號、二號等種子選手▸➤top頭號種子選手◇She was the top seed at the US Open this year.她是今年美國公開賽的頭號種子選手。