n.

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

   他因在朋友中挑拨离间而被人咒骂。

3. 种子选手[C]
4. 子孙，后代[U]

vt.

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

   田里播种了玉米。

2. 除去（水果）的籽
3. 【美】催（云）化雨[（+with）]
4. 编排（种子选手）[H]
   Tony was seeded number two.

   托尼被定为第二号种子选手。

vi.

1. （植物）结实，结子
   This flower seeds in the fall.

   这花秋天结实。

2. 脱籽
3. 播种

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.