n.

1. 種子，籽[C][U]
2. 原因，根源[C]
   He was cursed for sowing seeds of discord among his friends.

   他因在朋友中挑撥離間而被人咒罵。

3. 種子選手[C]
4. 子孫，後代[U]

vt.

1. 在……播種[H][（+with）]
   The fields have been seeded with corn.

   田裡播種了玉米。

2. 除去（水果）的籽
3. 【美】催（雲）化雨[（+with）]
4. 編排（種子選手）[H]
   Tony was seeded number two.

   湯尼被定為第二號種子選手。

vi.

1. （植物）結實，結子
   This flower seeds in the fall.

   這花秋天結實。

2. 脫籽
3. 播種

n.

1. a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant.
   ▸a quantity of these.
2. the beginning of a feeling, process, or condition.
3. any of a number of stronger competitors in a sports tournament who have been assigned a position in an ordered list to ensure they do not play each other in the early rounds.
4. archaic a man's semen.
   ▸(chiefly in biblical use) offspring or descendants.
5. a small crystal introduced into a liquid to act as a nucleus for crystallization.
6. a small container of radioactive material placed in body tissue during radiotherapy.

v.

1. sow (land) with seeds.
   ▸sow (seed).
2. produce or drop seeds.
3. remove the seeds from.
4. initiate the development or growth of.
   ▸place a crystalline substance in (a cloud or solution) in order to cause condensation or crystallization.
5. give (a competitor) the status of seed in a tournament.

[名]

1. 種子選手。