Seal

[siːl] or [sil]

解释:

(noun.) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions.

(noun.) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents.

(noun.) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure.

(noun.) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture.

(noun.) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); 'the warrant bore the sheriff's seal'.

(noun.) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; 'a coat of seal'.

(verb.) decide irrevocably; 'sealing dooms'.

(verb.) hunt seals.

(verb.) close with or as if with a seal; 'She sealed the letter with hot wax'.

(verb.) make tight; secure against leakage; 'seal the windows'.

(verb.) affix a seal to; 'seal the letter'.

编辑:陌莉--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

(n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

(n.) Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.

(n.) That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

(n.) That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.

(n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.

(v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

(v. t.) To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.

(v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.

(v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.

(v. t.) To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.

(v. t.) To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.

(v. t.) Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.

(v. i.) To affix one's seal, or a seal.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Stamp.[2]. Attestation, authentication, confirmation.

v. a. [1]. Close, fasten, secure.[2]. Confirm, ratify, authenticate, attest.

哈维整理

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Close, fasten, confirm, sanction, ratify

ANT:Unseal, unclose, open, annul, cancel, abrogate, disratify, disaffirm,contravene

校对:凯尔西

解释:

n. an engraved stamp for impressing the wax which closes a letter &c.: the wax or other substance so impressed: that which makes fast or secure: that which authenticates or ratifies: assurance: the water left standing in the trap of a drain or sewer preventing the upward flow of gas: the sigil or signature of a plant &c. in medieval medicine: the sign of the cross baptism confirmation the ineffaceable character supposed to be left on the soul by some sacraments.—v.t. to fasten with a seal: to set a seal to: to mark with a stamp: to make fast: to confirm: to keep secure: to close the chinks of: to secure against an escape of air or gas by means of a dip-pipe: to accept: to sign with the cross to baptise or confirm.—adj. Sealed certified by a seal: inaccessible.—ns. Seal′-engrav′ing the art of engraving seals; Seal′er one who seals: an inspector of stamps; Seal′ing confirmation by a seal; Seal′ing-day (Shak.) a day for sealing anything; Seal′ing-wax wax for sealing letters &c.—also Seal′-wax; Seal′-pipe a dip-pipe; Seal′-press a stamp bearing dies for embossing any device upon paper or lead; Seal′-ring (Shak.) a signet-ring; Seal′-wort Solomon's seal.—Seal of the fisherman the papal privy seal impressed on wax representing St Peter fishing.—Great seal the state seal of the United Kingdom; Leaden seal a disc of lead pierced with two holes through which are passed the ends of a twisted wire; Privy Seal the seal appended to grants and in Scotland authenticating royal grants of personal rights; Set one's seal to to give one's authority or assent to; Under seal authenticated.

n. the name commonly applied to all the Pinnipedia except the morse or walrus—carnivorous mammals adapted to a marine existence; the two great families are Phocid (without external ears) and Otariid (having distinct though small external ears): (her.) a bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.—v.t. to hunt seals.—ns. Seal′-bird the slender-billed shear-water; Seal′er a man or a ship engaged in the seal-fishery; Seal′ery a seal-fishing station: seal-fishery; Seal′-flow′er the bleeding heart; Seal′ing Seal′-fish′ing the act of catching seals; Seal′-rock′ery a place where many seals breed; Seal′skin the prepared fur of the fur-seal used for women's jackets a garment made of this.—Sealskin cloth a cloth made of mohair with a nap and dyed to resemble the fur of the seal.

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