seed
- n. 种子
- n. 根源, 起源
- v. 播种
- v. 去籽
- Definition
- n. the small hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows
- n. the origin or beginning of something that develops later
- v. to plant seeds in soil
- v. to remove seeds from something
- Example
- She planted a single seed and watered it every morning.
- 她种下一颗种子，每天早上都给它浇水。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to plant seeds in the ground (verb).
比较义项：播种，把种子种到土壤里（动词）。
- seed 本词
Seed usually takes the growing area as its object, often followed by 'with' plus the type of seed, as in 'seed a lawn with grass'; it is common in gardening and lawn care rather than large-scale farming.
seed 通常以要播种的地块（如草坪）作宾语，后面常接 with 加种子种类，例如 seed a lawn with grass（给草坪播种草籽）；常用于园艺和草坪养护，而不是大田耕作。
In early autumn, they seeded the bare patches of their lawn with fresh grass seed.
初秋时节，他们给草坪上光秃的地方播撒了新鲜的草籽。
- sow
Sow is the traditional, general word for planting seed by scattering; it takes the seed or crop itself as object, as in 'sow wheat' or 'sow seeds', and also has a common figurative use, as in 'sow doubt'.
sow 是更传统、更通用的“播种”说法，指把种子撒到地里；它通常直接以种子或作物本身作宾语，如 sow wheat（播种小麦）或 sow seeds（播种），还常用于比喻义，如 sow doubt（散布怀疑）。
Farmers sow wheat and barley across the fields each spring before the rains come.
农民们每年春天在雨季来临之前，在田里播种小麦和大麦。
Seed and sow both mean to plant seeds. Seed takes the growing area as object, as in 'seed a lawn'. Sow is the general word, taking the seed as object, as in 'sow wheat'. (Seed as a noun, sow as a female pig: not compared.)
这两个词在“播种”义上很接近，语气和搭配习惯不同：sow 更传统、常用，常直接接“种子”或“作物”作宾语（sow wheat，sow seeds），也常用于比喻义“散布（怀疑、纠纷等）”；seed 更常接“土地/草坪”作宾语，后面搭配 with 加种子种类，多见于草坪、花园等日常场景，而不是大田耕作。这里不比较 seed 作名词“种子”的意思，也不比较 sow 作名词“母猪”的意思（发音不同，为 /saʊ/）。