seed
noun /siːd/
/siːd/
Idioms - enlarge image[countable, uncountable] the small hard part produced by a plant, from which a new plant can grow
种子；籽 - a packet of wild flower seeds
一包野花籽 - sesame seeds
芝麻 - Sow the seeds outdoors in spring.
春天把种子播在地里。 - Plant the seeds 10cm apart.
将种子间隔10厘米播种。 - These vegetables can be grown from seed.
这些蔬菜可以撒籽栽种。 - seed potatoes (= used for planting)
留种的土豆
Collocations The living worldThe living worldsee also birdseed生物界 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网／织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出／进入／保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木／植物生长／开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长／扩散／长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行／增加／减少光合作用
细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的／致命的细菌
Topics Farmingb1, Gardensb1, Plants and treesb1- Each fruit usually contains a single seed.
通常每个水果只有一粒种子。 - Most seeds are spread by the wind.
大多数种子是由风传播的。 - Peel the peppers and remove the seeds.
给甜椒剥皮去籽。 - This tree produces very hard seeds.
这种树结一种硬粒种子。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grass
- mustard
- poppy
- …
- packet
- plant
- sow
- produce
- …
- germinate
- grow
- sprout
- …
- head
- pod
- packet
- …
- a variety of seeds
- a packet of wild flower seeds
- enlarge image(North American English)(also pip especially in British English)[countable] the small hard seed that is found in some types of fruit
精液 - [countable, usually plural] seed (of something) the beginning of a feeling or development that continues to grow
起源；起因；萌芽；开端 - the seeds of rebellion
反叛的起因 - This planted the seeds of doubt in my mind.
这件事在我心中播下了怀疑的种子。 - He argued that capitalism contained the seeds of its own destruction.
他指出资本主义自身蕴藏着自我毁灭的种子。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grass
- mustard
- poppy
- …
- packet
- plant
- sow
- produce
- …
- germinate
- grow
- sprout
- …
- head
- pod
- packet
- …
- a variety of seeds
- the seeds of rebellion
- [countable] (especially in tennis
尤指网球 种子选手 - The top seed won comfortably.
头号种子选手轻松获胜。 - the number one seed
一号种子选手 - She was the top seed at the US Open this year.
她是今年美国公开赛的头号种子选手。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- etc.
- …
- The top seed won comfortably.
- [uncountable] (old-fashioned or humorous) semen
精液 - [uncountable] (literary) all the people who are the children, grandchildren, etc. of one man
（统称某人的）子孙，后裔，后代
of plants/fruit植物；果实
beginning起源
in tennis网球
of a man男子
词源Old English sǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaad, German Saat, also to sow1.
Idioms
go/run to seed
- (especially of a vegetable plant
尤指蔬菜 开花结籽 - The lettuces had all run to seed.
莴苣都结籽了。 - Cutting weeds before they go to seed will greatly reduce future weed problems.
在杂草结籽前将其剪除会极大地减少将来的杂草问题。
- The lettuces had all run to seed.
- to become much less attractive or good because of lack of attention
变得懒散颓废（或意志消沉）；衰败 - After his divorce, he let himself go to seed.
离婚后，他自暴自弃。
- After his divorce, he let himself go to seed.
sow the seeds of something
- to start the process that leads to a particular situation or result
成为…的肇端；播下…的种子 - In this way he sowed the seeds of his own success.
他就这样播下了自己成功的种子。
- In this way he sowed the seeds of his own success.