0 a small, round, or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow -- 種子
Sow the seeds (= put them in the ground) about three centimetres deep. 把這些種子種進約三公分深的地方。
The chemical will stop all seeds from sprouting (= starting to grow). 這種化學製品可制止種子發芽。
The farmers grow these crops for seed (= for planting to grow more crops, rather than for eating). 農民種這些作物是爲了育種。
In hot weather lettuces can suddenly run to seed. 在炎熱的天氣下，萵苣會在很短的時間內開花結籽。
After he retired, he really went to seed. 退休之後，他真的變得不修邊幅了。
1 the cause of a feeling or situation, or the early stages of it -- 根源；原因；初期
From these early seeds of their friendship, they grew into lifelong companions. 早年的友誼讓他們成為相伴一生的伴侶。
He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people. 對人民使用暴力，他也許正在為自己最終的毀滅埋下種子。
2 especially in tennis, a good player who is given a place on the list of those expected to win games in a particular competition because of the way they have played in the past -- （尤指網球的）種子選手
Turner's opponent in the quarter-finals is the number one seed. 在四分之一決賽中，特納的對手是頭號種子選手。
3 to produce seeds -- 結（籽）
4 to make a player a seed -- 使成爲種子選手
Sow the seeds in pots.
caraway seeds
How many seeds are there in a packet?
The screening system permitted a population approach for quantification of changes in seed population thermal behaviour in relation to dormancy loss.
Transplanted rice undergoes two more growth processes than does the directly seeded rice, nursery growth and transplanting shock.
It was this early experience as a rice breeder which also led to an interest in seed dormancy.
