- [countable, uncountable]
the small hard part produced by a plant, from which a new plant can grow 种子；籽 
a packet of wild flower seeds 一包野花籽 sesame seeds 芝麻 Sow the seeds outdoors in spring. 春天把种子播在地里。 Plant the seeds 10cm apart. 将种子间隔10厘米播种。 These vegetables can be grown from seed. 这些蔬菜可以撒籽栽种。 seed potatoes (= used for planting) 留种的土豆
Collocations The living worldsee also birdseedThe living world 生物界 Animals 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网／织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出／进入／保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木／植物生长／开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长／扩散／长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行／增加／减少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的／致命的细菌
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingb1, Gardensb1, Plants and treesb1Each fruit usually contains a single seed. 通常每个水果只有一粒种子。 Most seeds are spread by the wind. 大多数种子是由风传播的。 Peel the peppers and remove the seeds. 给甜椒剥皮去籽。 This tree produces very hard seeds. 这种树结一种硬粒种子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grass
- mustard
- poppy
- …
- packet
- plant
- sow
- produce
- …
- germinate
- grow
- sprout
- …
- head
- pod
- packet
- …
- a variety of seeds
- (North American English) (also pip especially in British English)[countable]
the small hard seed that is found in some types of fruit 精液 - [countable, usually plural] seed (of something)
the beginning of a feeling or development that continues to grow 起源；起因；萌芽；开端 the seeds of rebellion 反叛的起因 This planted the seeds of doubt in my mind. 这件事在我心中播下了怀疑的种子。 He argued that capitalism contained the seeds of its own destruction. 他指出资本主义自身蕴藏着自我毁灭的种子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grass
- mustard
- poppy
- …
- packet
- plant
- sow
- produce
- …
- germinate
- grow
- sprout
- …
- head
- pod
- packet
- …
- a variety of seeds
- [countable]
(especially in tennis 尤指网球 one of the best players in a competition. The seeds are given a position in a list to try and make sure that they do not play each other in the early parts of the competition. 种子选手 The top seed won comfortably. 头号种子选手轻松获胜。 the number one seed 一号种子选手 She was the top seed at the US Open this year. 她是今年美国公开赛的头号种子选手。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- etc.
- …
- [uncountable] (old-fashioned or humorous)
semen 精液 - [uncountable] (literary)
all the people who are the children, grandchildren, etc. of one man （统称某人的）子孙，后裔，后代
of plants/fruit植物；果实
beginning起源
in tennis网球
of a man男子
Word OriginOld English sǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaad, German Saat, also to sow1.
Idioms
go/run to seed
(especially of a vegetable plant 尤指蔬菜 to produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves 开花结籽 The lettuces had all run to seed. 莴苣都结籽了。 Cutting weeds before they go to seed will greatly reduce future weed problems. 在杂草结籽前将其剪除会极大地减少将来的杂草问题。
to become much less attractive or good because of lack of attention 变得懒散颓废（或意志消沉）；衰败
sow the seeds of something
to start the process that leads to a particular situation or result 成为…的肇端；播下…的种子 In this way he sowed the seeds of his own success. 他就这样播下了自己成功的种子。