0 a small, round, or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow -- 种子
Sow the seeds (= put them in the ground) about three centimetres deep. 把这些种子种进约3厘米深的地方。
The chemical will stop all seeds from sprouting (= starting to grow). 这种化学制品可使种子无法发芽。
The farmers grow these crops for seed (= for planting to grow more crops, rather than for eating). 农民种这些庄稼是为了育种。
In hot weather lettuces can suddenly run to seed. 在炎热的天气下，莴苣会在很短的时间内开花结籽。
After he retired, he really went to seed. 退休之后，他真的变得不修边幅了。
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. 早年的友谊让他们成为相伴一生的伴侣。
He may be sowing the seeds of his own destruction in the long term by using violence against his own people. 对人民使用暴力，他也许正在为自己最终的毁灭埋下种子。
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 -- （尤指网球的）种子选手
Turner's opponent in the quarter-finals is the number one seed. 在四分之一决赛中，特纳的对手是1号种子选手。
3 to produce seeds -- 结（籽）
4 to make a player a seed -- 使成为种子选手
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.
