seed

seed
noun

a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant
种子，籽
■[mass noun]a quantity of these
一定数量的种子
grass seed.
草籽。
you can grow artichokes from seed.
你可以用种子培植朝鲜蓟。
■(figurative)the cause or latent beginning of a feeling, process, or condition
(喻)原因；萌芽
the conversation sowed a tiny seed of doubt in his mind.
那次谈话在他的心中埋下了一颗小小的怀疑种子。
■[mass noun](archaic)(chiefly in biblical use) a person's offspring or descendants
(古)（主要用于圣经）子孙，后代
■[mass noun]a man's semen
（人的）精子
■(亦作 seed crystal)a small crystal introduced into a liquid to act as a nucleus for crystallization
晶粒，晶种
■a small container for radioactive material placed in body tissue during radiotherapy
辐射管；镭管
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
种子选手；种子队
he knocked the top seed out of the championships.
他在锦标赛中打败了顶级种子选手。

verb

[withobj.]sow (land) with seeds
在（土地）上播种
the shoreline is seeded with a special grass.
海岸线播种了一种特别的草。
■sow (a particular kind of seed) on or in the ground
播种（特定种子）
■(figurative)cause (something) to begin to develop or grow
(喻)使萌芽；使发展
his interest in public service was seeded when he was a child.
在他还是个小孩子的时候就萌生了对公共服务的兴趣。
■place a crystal or crystalline substance in (something) in order to cause crystallization or condensation (especially in a cloud to produce rain)
用晶粒物质使冷凝（结晶）（尤指促云化雨）
[no obj.](of a plant) produce or drop seeds
（植物）结籽；脱籽
mulches encourage many plants to seed freely.
覆盖膜促进许多植物大量结籽。
■(seed itself)(of a plant) reproduce itself by means of its own seeds
（植物）自播
feverfew will seed itself readily.
菊科植物自播会很容易。
[with obj.]remove the seeds from (vegetables or fruit)
给（蔬菜，水果）去籽
stem and seed the chillies.
去掉辣椒的梗和籽。
[with obj.]give (a competitor) the status of seed in a tournament
把（比赛选手）列为种子选手
[with obj. and complement]Jeff Tarango, seeded five, was defeated by fellow American Todd Witsken.
杰夫 • 特兰格，第五号种子选手，被他的美国同胞托德 • 威茨肯打败。

派生
go (或run) to seed

语源

Old English sæd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaad, German Saat, also to the verb sow

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