seed

Word family adjectiveseededseedlessseedlikeseedynounseederseedinessseedingseedlingseednessseedbedseedboxseedcakeseed capitalseed cornseedlipseed moneyseed pearlseedsmanseedadverbseedily

Related topics: Plants

seed1 /siːd/ S3 W3 noun → cede

1 plants 植物

a) [countableC, uncountableU]HBP a small hard object produced by plants, from which a new plant of the same kind grows 种子，籽

a packet of sunflower seeds

一包葵花籽

plant/sow seeds (=put them in the soil) 播种

Sow the seeds one inch deep in the soil.

把种子种到一英寸深的土里。

grow something from seed

We grew all our tomatoes from seed.

我们所有的番茄都是从种子开始种的。

b) [uncountableU] a quantity of seeds （一批）种子

Some of the poorest farmers don’t have enough money to buy seed.

有些贫穷的农民连买种子的钱都不够。

→5 see picture at 见图 tree

in fruit 在水果中 [countableC] American EnglishAmEHBP one of the small hard objects in a fruit such as an apple or orange, from which new fruit trees grow 〔苹果、橙子等的〕果核，籽 SYN British English pip →4 See picture of 见图 FRUIT 1

3 seeds of something writtenCAUSE something that makes a new situation start to grow and develop 某物的起因[根源]

seeds of change/victory

The seeds of change in Eastern Europe were beginning to emerge.

东欧剧变的种子开始萌芽。

seeds of doubt/disaster/destruction etc (=something which makes a bad feeling or situation develop) 怀疑/灾难/毁灭等的种子

Something Lucy said began to sow seeds of doubt in his mind.

露西说的一些话在他心里播下了怀疑的种子。

Examples from the Corpus

seeds of something• Discontent in women interested him; it gave him a conversational opening, a place to plant his seeds of compassion.• The report planted seeds of doubt in Sally's mind about the future of the research project.• In this sense such systems contain the seeds of their own destruction.• But the task force contained the seeds of its own destruction.• The very behaviors that gay activists had spent years promoting seemed to have contained the seeds of disaster.• In the manner of converted preachers, he exaggerated the seeds of corruption sown in his youth.• One needs to look directly for the seeds of potential attitudinal positions.• They think they're wooing the masses; instead they're sowing the seeds of their comeuppance.• You may consider the susceptibility as the soil in which the seeds of disease are sown.

4 go/run to seed

a) HBPif a plant or vegetable goes or runs to seed, it starts producing flowers and seeds as well as leaves 〔植物或蔬菜〕开花结籽

b) HEALTHY#if someone or something goes or runs to seed, they become less attractive or good, especially because they are getting old and have not been properly looked after 〔人〕衰老，失去活力；〔事物〕衰败，破落

The old central bus station is going to seed.

这座老中央公共汽车站日益破败。

Examples from the Corpus

go/run to seed• At the same time, a drought affected the area, and heliotrope had time to grow and go to seed.• Their skin was as smooth as warm water, their hair as soft as a dandelion crown gone to seed.• She looked middle-aged, overdressed, a show-girl gone to seed.• The rest of the College, like the theatre, seems in Paul Pry's day to have run to seed.• Formerly owned by Arthur Siegel, it had since gone to seed.• Mark knows he has allowed himself to go to seed a bit.• And a production should not just be a matter of getting a good notice and leaving it to go to seed slowly.

5 number one/two/three etc seed [countableC]DST a player or team in a competition that is given a particular position, according to how likely they are to win 头号/二号/三号等种子选手 [球队]

He’s been top seed for the past two years.

他在过去两年中一直是头号种子选手。

6. sex 性HBH [uncountableU] biblical semen or sperm – often used humorously 精液，精子〔常为幽默用法〕

7. family 家庭 [uncountableU] biblicalRRC the group of people who have a particular person as their father, grandfather etc, especially when they form a particular race 子孙，后裔

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

plant/sow seeds (=put them in the soil)

Sow the seeds in trays or pots.

grow something from seed (=grow a plant from a seed rather than buying it as a small plant)

You can grow most vegetables from seed.

seeds germinate (=start to grow)

The seeds should start to germinate after a few days.

NOUN + seed

flower/sunflower/tomato etc seeds

I bought a packet of poppy seeds.

grass seed

You can sprinkle grass seed over any gaps in the lawn.

Examples from the Corpus

seed• It is begun from a seed and all the characteristics that it can evolve are predetermined and contained within the seed.• Arizona seed growers suspect the infestation may widen because the state ships its seed to many other states and countries.• Brussels sprouts in browned butter with caraway seeds.• Saving seed can help balance the books, but it's not to be undertaken lightly.• Firstly we need some seeds to grow our garden plants from.• And what about the seeds of your other garden plants?

Related topics: Food, Tennis, Crops, Gardening, Plants

seed2 verb

1 [transitiveT]DF to remove seeds from fruit or vegetables 给〔果实或蔬菜〕去籽[去核]

Add one lime, seeded and sliced.

加一个来檬，去籽并切成片。

2 [transitiveT]DST to give a player or team in a competition a particular position, according to how likely they are to win 确定…为种子选手[球队]

be seeded 8th/18th etc

Sharapova was seeded fifth at Wimbledon.

莎拉波娃被确定为温布尔登公开赛五号种子选手。

3 [transitiveT]TACDLG to plant seeds in the ground 在〔地里〕播种

a newly seeded lawn

新撒了草籽的草坪

4. [intransitiveI]HBP to produce seeds 结籽

5. seed itself if a tree or plant seeds itself, it produces a new plant using its own seeds （种子）繁殖

Examples from the Corpus

seed itself• Clean architectural lines, gleaming glass, flower beds so neat and regimented that no weed would dare to seed itself.

n Grammar

Seed is usually passive when used as a transitive verb.

Examples from the Corpus

seed• Add 2 green peppers, seeded and sliced.• Taking all this into account, we have to ask why the extraterrestrials should be remotely interested in seeding distant planets.• And how incredibly generous this man was; he seeded friendships that still write the history of the West.• Plants had already seeded in crevices around the foundations, preparing to take over the instant man's will failed.

From Longman Business Dictionary

seedseed1 /siːd/ (also seedcorn) /ˈsiːdkɔːn-kɔːrn/ British EnglishBrE noun

seed capital/money/financing etcFINANCE money used to start a new company, project, activity etc

Careful budgeting allows managers to accumulate savings, which they can use as seed capital.

Our total computer-relatedseed investment amounted to $29.1 million.

seedseed2 verb [transitiveT]FINANCE

to provide the money needed to start a company

In Germany, government funding has helped seed about 300 companies in three years.

Origin seed1

Old English sæd

词汇	seed
释义	seed Word family adjectiveseededseedlessseedlikeseedynounseederseedinessseedingseedlingseednessseedbedseedboxseedcakeseed capitalseed cornseedlipseed moneyseed pearlseedsmanseedadverbseedily Related topics: Plants seed1 /siːd/ ●●● S3 W3 noun → cede 1 plants 植物 a) [countableC, uncountableU]HBP a small hard object produced by plants, from which a new plant of the same kind grows 种子，籽 a packet of sunflower seeds 一包葵花籽 plant/sow seeds (=put them in the soil) 播种 Sow the seeds one inch deep in the soil. 把种子种到一英寸深的土里。 grow something from seed We grew all our tomatoes from seed. 我们所有的番茄都是从种子开始种的。 b) [uncountableU] a quantity of seeds （一批）种子 Some of the poorest farmers don’t have enough money to buy seed. 有些贫穷的农民连买种子的钱都不够。 →5 see picture at 见图 tree 2. in fruit 在水果中 [countableC] American EnglishAmEHBP one of the small hard objects in a fruit such as an apple or orange, from which new fruit trees grow 〔苹果、橙子等的〕果核，籽 SYN British English pip →4 See picture of 见图 FRUIT 1 3 seeds of something writtenCAUSE something that makes a new situation start to grow and develop 某物的起因[根源] seeds of change/victory The seeds of change in Eastern Europe were beginning to emerge. 东欧剧变的种子开始萌芽。 seeds of doubt/disaster/destruction etc (=something which makes a bad feeling or situation develop) 怀疑/灾难/毁灭等的种子 Something Lucy said began to sow seeds of doubt in his mind. 露西说的一些话在他心里播下了怀疑的种子。 Examples from the Corpus seeds of something• Discontent in women interested him; it gave him a conversational opening, a place to plant his seeds of compassion.• The report planted seeds of doubt in Sally's mind about the future of the research project.• In this sense such systems contain the seeds of their own destruction.• But the task force contained the seeds of its own destruction.• The very behaviors that gay activists had spent years promoting seemed to have contained the seeds of disaster.• In the manner of converted preachers, he exaggerated the seeds of corruption sown in his youth.• One needs to look directly for the seeds of potential attitudinal positions.• They think they're wooing the masses; instead they're sowing the seeds of their comeuppance.• You may consider the susceptibility as the soil in which the seeds of disease are sown. 4 go/run to seed a) HBPif a plant or vegetable goes or runs to seed, it starts producing flowers and seeds as well as leaves 〔植物或蔬菜〕开花结籽 b) HEALTHY#if someone or something goes or runs to seed, they become less attractive or good, especially because they are getting old and have not been properly looked after 〔人〕衰老，失去活力；〔事物〕衰败，破落 The old central bus station is going to seed. 这座老中央公共汽车站日益破败。 Examples from the Corpus go/run to seed• At the same time, a drought affected the area, and heliotrope had time to grow and go to seed.• Their skin was as smooth as warm water, their hair as soft as a dandelion crown gone to seed.• She looked middle-aged, overdressed, a show-girl gone to seed.• The rest of the College, like the theatre, seems in Paul Pry's day to have run to seed.• Formerly owned by Arthur Siegel, it had since gone to seed.• Mark knows he has allowed himself to go to seed a bit.• And a production should not just be a matter of getting a good notice and leaving it to go to seed slowly. 5 number one/two/three etc seed [countableC]DST a player or team in a competition that is given a particular position, according to how likely they are to win 头号/二号/三号等种子选手 [球队] He’s been top seed for the past two years. 他在过去两年中一直是头号种子选手。 6. sex 性HBH [uncountableU] biblical semen or sperm – often used humorously 精液，精子〔常为幽默用法〕 7. family 家庭 [uncountableU] biblicalRRC the group of people who have a particular person as their father, grandfather etc, especially when they form a particular race 子孙，后裔 n COLLOCATIONS verbs plant/sow seeds (=put them in the soil) Sow the seeds in trays or pots. grow something from seed (=grow a plant from a seed rather than buying it as a small plant) You can grow most vegetables from seed. seeds germinate (=start to grow) The seeds should start to germinate after a few days. NOUN + seed flower/sunflower/tomato etc seeds I bought a packet of poppy seeds. grass seed You can sprinkle grass seed over any gaps in the lawn. Examples from the Corpus seed• It is begun from a seed and all the characteristics that it can evolve are predetermined and contained within the seed.• Arizona seed growers suspect the infestation may widen because the state ships its seed to many other states and countries.• Brussels sprouts in browned butter with caraway seeds.• Saving seed can help balance the books, but it's not to be undertaken lightly.• Firstly we need some seeds to grow our garden plants from.• And what about the seeds of your other garden plants? Related topics: Food, Tennis, Crops, Gardening, Plants seed2 verb 1 [transitiveT]DF to remove seeds from fruit or vegetables 给〔果实或蔬菜〕去籽[去核] Add one lime, seeded and sliced. 加一个来檬，去籽并切成片。 2 [transitiveT]DST to give a player or team in a competition a particular position, according to how likely they are to win 确定…为种子选手[球队] be seeded 8th/18th etc Sharapova was seeded fifth at Wimbledon. 莎拉波娃被确定为温布尔登公开赛五号种子选手。 3 [transitiveT]TACDLG to plant seeds in the ground 在〔地里〕播种 a newly seeded lawn 新撒了草籽的草坪 4. [intransitiveI]HBP to produce seeds 结籽 5. seed itself if a tree or plant seeds itself, it produces a new plant using its own seeds （种子）繁殖 Examples from the Corpus seed itself• Clean architectural lines, gleaming glass, flower beds so neat and regimented that no weed would dare to seed itself. n Grammar Seed is usually passive when used as a transitive verb. Examples from the Corpus seed• Add 2 green peppers, seeded and sliced.• Taking all this into account, we have to ask why the extraterrestrials should be remotely interested in seeding distant planets.• And how incredibly generous this man was; he seeded friendships that still write the history of the West.• Plants had already seeded in crevices around the foundations, preparing to take over the instant man's will failed. From Longman Business Dictionary seedseed1 /siːd/ (also seedcorn) /ˈsiːdkɔːn-kɔːrn/ British EnglishBrE noun seed capital/money/financing etcFINANCE money used to start a new company, project, activity etc Careful budgeting allows managers to accumulate savings, which they can use as seed capital. Our total computer-relatedseed investment amounted to $29.1 million. seedseed2 verb [transitiveT]FINANCE to provide the money needed to start a company In Germany, government funding has helped seed about 300 companies in three years. Origin seed1 Old English sæd
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