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| 1 | C/U a small hard part produced by a plant that can grow into a new plant of the same type 籽；种子 |
| a packet of seeds 一袋种子 |
| sow/plant seed(s) You can sow grass seed to cover the worn patches. 你可以在这些耕种过度的地块里播种草籽。 |
| grow sth from seed I grew these herbs from seed. 我这些药草是播种子长出来的。 |
| | 1a | C/U a seed that you eat or use to give flavour to food （用于给食品添加香味的）籽 | | a packet of sesame/ sunflower/ cumin/ seeds 一袋芝麻籽/葵花籽/土茴香籽 | |
| | 1b | C a pip from a fruit （水果的）种子，籽，果核 | |
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| 2 | C a player or team given a number that shows how likely they are to win a competition 种子选手；种子队 |
| number onetop seed (=considered most likely to win) number one seed, Pete Sampras 1号种子选手 |
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| 3 | U an old word used in the Bible to mean a man’ s semen . This word is sometimes used humorously. （古时用语，原用于《圣经》中，现偶作幽默用法）精液 |
| | 3a | an old word used in the Bible to mean all the children , grandchildren etc of a particular man （古时用语，原用于《圣经》中）子嗣，子孙 | |
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| - | go/run to seed
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| 1 | to stop looking attractive and healthy , especially because you have not been looking after yourself （尤指因对自己照顾不够而）显老，颓废 | He was not yet fifty, but he was already going to seed. 他还不到50岁，但已经开始显老。 | |
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| 2 | if a plant goes or runs to seed , it starts producing seeds after it has produced flowers 花谢结籽 |
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| - | sow/plant the seeds of sth
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| to do something that makes a process or feeling start to develop |
| 播下某物的种子 |
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| The seeds of doubt were already planted in his mind. 怀疑的种子已经在他的头脑中扎下了根。 |
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