seed
noun uk/siːd/ us/siːd/
(PLANT)
B2 [ C or U ]种子
a small, round, or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow
Sow the seeds (= put them in the ground) about three centimetres deep. 把这些种子种进约3厘米深的地方。
The chemical will stop all seeds from sprouting (= starting to grow). 这种化学制品可使种子无法发芽。
The farmers grow these crops for seed (= for planting to grow more crops, rather than for eating). 农民种这些庄稼是为了育种。
Compare: pip
[ U ] literary精液
→ semen
go/run to seed （食用植物未及时采摘而）开花结籽
If a food plant goes or runs to seed, it produces flowers and seeds because it has not been picked early enough.
In hot weather lettuces can suddenly run to seed. 在炎热的天气下，莴苣会在很短的时间内开花结籽。
- More examples
- Sow the seeds in pots.
- It takes about three days for the seeds to sprout.
- caraway seeds
- It's rather early to be sowing carrot seeds, isn't it?
- How many seeds are there in a packet?
(BEGINNING)
C2 [ C usually plural ]根源;原因;初期
the cause of a feeling or situation, or the early stages of it
From these early seeds of their friendship, they grew into lifelong companions. 早年的友谊让他们成为相伴一生的伴侣。
He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people. 对人民使用暴力，他也许正在为自己最终的毁灭埋下种子。
(SPORT)
[ C ]（尤指网球的）种子选手
especially in tennis, a good player who is given a place on the list of those expected to win games in a particular competition because of the way they have played in the past
Turner's opponent in the quarter-finals is the number one seed. 在四分之一决赛中，特纳的对手是1号种子选手。
seed
verb uk/siːd/ us/siːd/
(PLANT)
[ I or T ]结（籽）
to produce seeds
The plants have seeded themselves (= their seeds have fallen) into the cracks between the paving stones. 植物的种子在铺路石的缝隙中落地生根。
[ T ] (also deseed)除去…的种子
to remove the seeds from a fruit or vegetable
Wash, seed, and cut the pepper into small pieces. 将辣椒洗洗，去籽，切成小片。
(SPORT)
[ T usually passive ]使成为种子选手
to make a player a seed
[ + adj ] Jones, seeded second, has won her last ten matches. 2号种子选手琼斯在过去的10场比赛中保持全胜。