seed

中英词典：seed

1. 名词

(1) 种子

例句：

1. These seeds will grow into beautiful flowers. (这些种子将会长成美丽的花朵。)
2. The farmer planted the seeds in the field. (农民把种子种在田地里。)

(2) 种子状态

例句：

3. The grass is growing from seed. (草从种子中长出。)
4. The tree dropped its seeds on the ground. (树将种子掉落在地上。)

(3) 原因或发展的起源

例句：

5. The success of the company was the seed of his ambition. (公司的成功是他雄心的起源。)
6. A small incident can be the seed of a great disaster. (一个小事故可能成为一场大灾难的起因。)

(4) 被选中的人或事物

例句：

7. The team has been seeded first for the tournament. (该队已被列为比赛的头号种子队。)
8. The top-seeded player easily won the match. (头号种子选手轻松赢得了比赛。)

2. 形容词

(1) 种子的

例句：

9. The seed stage is crucial for the development of the plant. (种子期对植物的发展至关重要。)
10. He collected various seed specimens. (他收集了各种各样的种子样本。)

(2) 种子状的

例句：

11. The plant has seed pods that burst open. (这种植物有着会爆裂开的种子荚。)
12. She planted seed potatoes in the garden. (她在花园里种植了种子马铃薯。)

3. 动词

(1) 播种

例句：

13. He seeded the lawn with grass. (他用草籽给草坪播种。)
14. They seeded the field with wheat. (他们用小麦给田地播种。)

(2) 播种于

例句：

15. The farmer seeded the vegetables in the greenhouse. (农民在温室里给蔬菜播种。)
16. She seeded the flowerbed with wildflowers. (她在花坛里播种了野花。)

词语辨析

seed, grain, kernel

这三个词都可以指植物的种子或谷物的颗粒，但在特定情况下有所区别。

• seed 一词更常用于指植物的种子，如花、果实或蔬菜的种子。它也可以用作动词，表示播种。
• grain 一词通常指谷物（如小麦、大米）或像小麦一样的谷物作物的种子。
• kernel 一词通常指坚果或果实内部的种子，如核桃仁或玉米粒。

词汇扩充

• seedling: 幼苗
• seedsman: 种子商
• seedbed: 播种床
• seed coat: 种子外壳
• seedless: 无籽的
• seedpod: 种子荚

近义词

• grain
• kernel
• spore
• ovule

反义词

• destroy
• eradicate
• extinguish
• eliminate

柯林斯词典

seed (noun)

1. A seed is a small hard object produced by plants, from which a new plant of the same kind grows. (种子)
2. Seeds are often eaten by birds or animals. (饲料)
3. If you seed a lawn or a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. (播种)
4. If you seed a fruit or vegetable, you remove the seeds from it. (去籽)

seed (verb)

5. If you seed a lawn or a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. (播种)
6. If a plant seeds, it produces seeds. (结实)

牛津词典

seed (noun)

1. A flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant. (种子)
2. A cause or latent beginning of a feeling, process, or condition. (起源，导火索)

seed (verb)

3. Sow (land) with seeds. (播种)
4. Remove the seeds from (fruit or vegetables). (去籽)

用法

"seed" 这个词可用作名词、形容词和动词。

• 作名词时：可以表示植物的种子、种子状态、发展起源以及被选中的人或事物。
• 作形容词时：可以表示种子的或种子状的。
• 作动词时：可以表示播种或播种于。

中英双语对照例句

1. The seeds will grow into beautiful flowers. (这些种子将会长成美丽的花朵。)
2. The farmer planted the seeds in the field. (农民把种子种在田地里。)
3. The grass is growing from seed. (草从种子中长出。)
4. The tree dropped its seeds on the ground. (树将种子掉落在地上。)
5. The success of the company was the seed of his ambition. (公司的成功是他雄心的起源。)
6. A small incident can be the seed of a great disaster. (一个小事故可能成为一场大灾难的起因。)
7. The team has been seeded first for the tournament. (该队已被列为比赛的头号种子队。)
8. The top-seeded player easily won the match. (头号种子选手轻松赢得了比赛。)
9. The seed stage is crucial for the development of the plant. (种子期对植物的发展至关重要。)
10. He collected various seed specimens. (他收集了各种各样的种子样本。)
11. The plant has seed pods that burst open. (这种植物有着会爆裂开的种子荚。)
12. She planted seed potatoes in the garden. (她在花园里种植了种子马铃薯。)
13. He seeded the lawn with grass. (他用草籽给草坪播种。)
14. They seeded the field with wheat. (他们用小麦给田地播种。)
15. The farmer seeded the vegetables in the greenhouse. (农民在温室里给蔬菜播种。)
16. She seeded the flowerbed with wildflowers. (她在花坛里播种了野花。)