1 N-VAR 籽;种子 A seed is the small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows. 籽;种子
SYN grain, pip, germ, kernel
2 VERB 在(地里)播种 If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. 在(地里)播种
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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。
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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。
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...his newly seeded lawns. [VERB-ed]
他那几片刚刚播种的草地
3 N-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]
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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。
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He considered that there were, in these developments, the seeds of a new moral order.
他认为在这些事态发展中包蕴着一种新的道德秩序的萌芽。
SYN beginning, start, potential (for), suspicion
4 N-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
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...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
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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。
5 VERB [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
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In the UEFA Cup the top 16 sides are seeded for the first round. [be VERB-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。
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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。
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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。
6 PHRASE 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
7 PHRASE 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
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He says the economy has gone to seed.
他说经济已经走向衰退。
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He was a big man in his forties; once he had a lot of muscle but now he was running to seed.
他 40 多岁时很魁梧,曾经肌肉发达,但如今身体逐渐衰弱了。
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