Seed

[siːd] or [sid]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa.

(noun.) a small hard fruit.

(verb.) remove the seeds from; 'seed grapes'.

(verb.) inoculate with microorganisms.

(verb.) sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; 'seed clouds'.

(verb.) distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds.

(verb.) go to seed; shed seeds; 'The dandelions went to seed'.

(verb.) bear seeds.

(verb.) help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money.

編輯:梅布尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(pl. ) of Seed

(n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.

(n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.

(n.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.

(n.) That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

(n.) The principle of production.

(n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

(n.) Race; generation; birth.

(v. t.) To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.

(v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.

校對:莱利亚

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Semen, sperm.[2]. (Bot.) Embryo (with its envelope or pericarp), matured ovule, kernel, grain.[3]. Original, first principle.[4]. Progeny, offspring, descendants, children.

錄入:厄普顿

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Spring, origin, cause, germ, embryo, root

ANT:Issue, result, birth, product, development, offspring, fruit

欧内斯特整理

解釋/意思:

n. the thing sown: the male fecundating fluid semen sperm milt spat the substance produced by plants and animals from which new plants and animals are generated: first principle: original: descendants: children: race: red-seed: a small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.—v.i. to produce seed: to grow to maturity.—v.t. to sow: to plant: to graft.—ns. Seed′-bag a bag for seeds; Seed′-bed a piece of ground for receiving seed; Seed′-bird the water-wagtail; Seed′-bud the bud or germ of the seed; Seed′-cake a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds; Seed′-coat the exterior coat of a seed; Seed′-cod a basket for holding seed; Seed′-cor′al coral in small and irregular pieces; Seed′-corn corn to be used for sowing; Seed′-crush′er an instrument for crushing seeds to express the oil; Seed′-down the down on cotton &c.; Seed′-drill a machine for sowing seed in rows; Seed′-eat′er a granivorous bird.—adj. Seed′ed bearing seed full-grown: sown: (her.) having the stamens indicated.—ns. Seed′-embroi′dery embroidery in which seeds form parts of the design; Seed′er a seed-drill: an apparatus for removing seeds from fruit: a seed-fish; Seed′-field a field in which seed is raised; Seed′-finch a South American finch; Seed′-fish roe or spawn; Seed′-fowl a bird that feeds on grain.—adj. Seed′ful rich in promise.—ns. Seed′-gall a small gall; Seed′-grain corn for seed.—adv. Seed′ily.—ns. Seed′iness the state of being seedy: shabbiness: exhaustion; Seed′ing; Seed′ing-machine′ an agricultural machine for sowing; Seed′ing-plough a plough fitted with a hopper from which seed is automatically deposited; Seed′-lac (see Lac 2); Seed′-leaf a cotyledon; Seed′-leap a seed-basket.—adj. Seed′less having no seeds.—ns. Seed′ling a plant reared from the seed—also adj.; Seed′-lobe a cotyledon or seed-leaf; Seed′ness (Shak.) seedtime; Seed′-oil oil expressed from seeds.—ns.pl. Seed′-oy′sters very young oysters; Seed′-pearls very small or imperfect pearls strung together on horse-hair and attached to mother-of-pearl &c. for ornament—used also in the composition of electuaries &c.—ns. Seed′-plant′er a seeder for planting seed on hills; Seed′-plot a piece of nursery-ground a hot-bed; Seed′-sheet the sheet containing the seed of the sower; Seeds′man one who deals in seeds: a sower:—pl. Seeds′men; Seed′-sow′er a broadcast seeding-machine; Seed′-stalk the funiculus; Seed′-tick a young tick; Seed′time the time or season for sowing seed; Seed′-vess′el the pericarp which contains the seeds; Seed′-weev′il a small weevil which infests seeds; Seed′-wool cotton-wool from which the seeds have not been removed.—adj. Seed′y abounding with seed: run to seed: having the flavour of seeds: worn out: out of sorts looking or feeling unwell: shabby.—n. Seed′y-toe a diseased condition of a horse's foot.

校對:沃尔多