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seed/si:d/ n. & v.●n. 1a a flowering plant's unit of reproduction (esp. in the form of grain) capable of developing into another such plant 种子；籽 b seeds collectively, esp. as collected for sowing (总称) (尤指播种用的)种子 is full of seed 满是种子; to be kept for seed 留作种子 2a semen 精液 b milt 雄鱼的精液 3 (foll. by 后跟 of) the beginning or initial germ of development 开端；萌芽 seeds of doubt 怀疑的开端 4 archaic offspring, progeny, descendants [古义]后裔；子孙 the seed of Abraham 亚伯拉罕的后裔 5 Sport a seeded player 【运动】种子选手 6 a small seedlike container for the application of radium etc. (种子状的)镭(等)的辐射盒 7 a seed crystal 籽晶 ●v. 1 tr.a place seeds in 在…里播撒种子 b sprinkle with or as with seed 撒(种等) 2 intr. sow seeds 播种 3 intr. produce or drop seed 结籽 4 tr. remove seeds from (fruit etc.) (水果等)去籽 5 tr. place a crystal or crystalline substance in (a solution etc.) to cause crystallization or condensation (esp. in a cloud to produce rain) (把晶体放入溶液中)使结晶；使凝结(尤指在云中造雨) 6 tr. Sport 【运动】a assign to (a strong competitor in a knockout competition) a position in an ordered list so that strong competitors do not meet each other in early rounds (在淘汰赛中)安排种子选手次序名单(以避免强手过早相遇) is seeded seventh 列为第 7 号种子选手 b arrange (the order of play) in this way 安排有种子选手(的比赛顺序) 7 intr. go to seed 结籽 □ go (or run) to seed 1 cease flowering as seed develops 花谢结籽 2 become degenerate, unkempt, ineffective, etc. 衰老；走下坡路 □ raise up seed archaic beget children [古义]生儿育女；繁殖后代 □ seedless adj.[Old English sœˉd from Germanic: related to SOW1] |