seed /siːd/ CET4 TEM4 ( seeding, seeded, seeds )

• 1. 

  N-VAR A seed is the small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows. 种子

  例：

  I sow the seed in pots of soil-based compost.

  我把种子种在一盆盆施有堆肥的土里。

• 2. 

  V-T If you seed a piece of land, you plant seeds in it. 在 (地里) 播种

  例：

  Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them.

  男人们修剪了大片的草坪，然后在上面播了种。

  例：

  The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside.

  报春花应该开始沿那个陡峭的山坡一路撒播种子了。

• 3. 

  N-PLURAL You can refer to the seeds of something when you want to talk about the beginning of a feeling or process that gradually develops and becomes stronger or more important. (事物的) 起源 [文学性]

  例：

  He raised questions meant to plant seeds of doubts in the minds of jurors.

  他提出了一些问题，意欲引起陪审员的疑心。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT In sports such as tennis or badminton, a seed is a player who has been ranked according to his or her ability. 种子选手

  例：

  ...Roger Federer, Wimbledon's top seed and the world No.1.

  …罗杰·费德勒，温布尔登网球赛的头号种子选手，世界排名第一。

• 5. 

  V-T When a player or a team is seeded in a sports competition, they are ranked according to their ability. 将 (选手或球队) 排列名次 [usu passive]

  例：

  The Longhorns have won a national title and are seeded first overall.

  朗霍恩队曾得过一次全国冠军，整体排名第一。

  例：

  He is seeded second, behind Brad Beven.

  他排名第二，位于布拉德·贝文之后。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If vegetable plants go to seed, they produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves. 开花结籽

  例：

  ...plants that had long since flowered, gone to seed, and died.

  …已经开花好久、结过籽并死去的植物。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone or something has gone to seed, you mean that they have become much less attractive, healthy, or efficient. 衰退; 退化

  例：

  He says the economy has gone to seed.

  他说经济已经走向衰退。

  例：

  ...a retired cop who has gone to seed.

  …一名衰老的退休警察。