英语词汇“to go to seed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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P1. to go to seed.Cf. to run to —— 6 at run v. Phrasal verbs 2.

a. Of a plant: to produce seed (often resulting in the cessation of flowering and growth).

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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxxiv. 242 Radishes..must be gathered within two or three moneths (otherwise they will quickly goe to seede).

1796 Scots Mag. Jan. 2 Gather nettle-tops when going to seed.

1864 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 2 Mar. 2/3 The grass, what little did come up, is all dry and gone to seed.

1956 Jrnl. Range Managem. 9 273/2 These pastures are rotated so that at least one goes to seed each year and provides fall and winter feed.

2013 Kindred Spirit Mar. 29/1 Deadheading..restrains the natural desire of flowers to go to seed.

b. figurative. To become habitually unkempt, shabby, or ineffective; to let oneself go (see let v.¹ 24e(b)).

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > by want of use or neglect

moul?c1225

rusta1400

moulda1547

to run to repairs1681

to go to seed1817

to run down1843

1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South I. xvii. 188 His white dimity could not last for ever, and he gradually went to seed.

1853 Official Rep. Deb. & Procedings Mass. III. 577 We are all come-outers, more or less, but some of our friends are older, and have gone to seed a little.

1929 G. Ade Let. 8 Feb. (1973) 139 Temples and palaces of incredible size and beauty, some of them slightly gone to seed and others filled with the most wonderful museum displays of Chinese art.

1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway iv. 42 He seemed to be going to seed a bit; to be a bit slow.

1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy v. 71 He was a tall man, but a tall man gone to seed, for there was a large rounded stomach.

P2. to grow to seed: to produce seed.

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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 46 It [sc. Medica] is best mowed when it beginneth to flowre, for it must not growe to seede.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 136 Ah fie, tis an vnweeded garden That growes to seede.

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Panax The Root..before it be grown to Seed is eaten both by the Hungarians and Tartars instead of Bread.

1842 Morning Chron. 1 Mar. 5/6 They have no weeds growing to seed, and spreading foulness over every field.

1928 W. W. Tracy Veg. Seeds for Home & Market Garden (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1390) (rev. ed.) 9 Plants showing the most desirable leaf should be chosen and allowed to grow to seed.

2002 S. Ashworth Seed to Seed (ed. 2) 121/1 West Indian gherkin is an annual vine crop that can be grown to seed anywhere cucumbers are successful.

P3. to be in seed: to have produced seed.

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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xl. 605 They flower and are in seede in Iuly.

1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 262 The herbs are in seed.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Onion When your Onions are in seed, they are very subject to be blown down by the Wind.

1893 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 79. 183 It being the dry season it was not a suitable time for making a good collection of specimens for the Herbarium, and many of the plants were in seed.

1950 W. O. Douglas Of Men & Mountains vi. 72 The purplish pasqueflower or western anemone was in seed.

2016 D. Williams Prairie in Seed p. xv Visit the site when the plant is in flower and document its location,..so you can find it later when it is in seed.

P4. colloquial (chiefly Irish English). seed, breed, and generation and variants: an entire family including all extended relations; (in extended use) all the members of an ethnicity, race, or type. Hence also: a person's deep-rooted nature or sense of identity.

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1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 199/2 I..began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation.

1793 M. Pilkington Rosina V. xxi. 176 I'm sure you would not care if myself and all my seed, breed and generation, were at the devil, so as you could serve your own turn by it.

1833 Morning Post 13 Aug. This contankerus fellow..told me to my face that all the breed, seed, and generations of the old stock of the Royal O'Connors, of Belinagar, were no better than—, saving your favour.

1860 Lancaster Gaz. 28 Apr. 4/6 The exclusion of the whole Napoleonic seed and breed from sovereign power.

1894 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 10 Apr. Those heathen Chinee..may do for a Sunday school teaparty, but ‘no bueno’ is the verdict of the American people upon the whole seed, breed and generation of them.

1949 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 579/4 They come from County Down..They are Down men in the marrow of their bones..the breed, seed and generation of them is Down.

1972 J. B. Keane Lett. Irish Parish Priest in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 88 Knowing the seed, breed, and generation of Henry Dring I guessed that the thought of losing one penny would be sufficient to make him abandon his course.

2015 A. Titley tr. M. Ó Cadhain Dirty Dust i. 10 I know far too much about her, and every single one of her breed and seed, Maggie.

P5. to set seed: to produce seed.

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1865 G. Bentham Handbk. Brit. Flora I. p. xxix Without these the pistil is imperfect, and said to be barren (not setting seed), abortive, or rudimentary, according to the degree of imperfection.

1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 80/1 It is scarcely necessary to refer to the fact that in order for a plant to set seed it is necessary that the stigma of the flower shall be dusted with the pollen.

1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xiv. 126 Many brassicas are biennials, growing strongly in their first year and storing reserves of food.., and running up to flower and setting seed in their second year.

2014 Guardian 12 June 35/5 Thriving in the midst of grass crops such as wheat and barley and setting seed before the harvest makes black grass a very awkward plant.

单词	to go to seed
释义	> as lemmas to go to seed Phrases P1. to go to seed.Cf. to run to —— 6 at run v. Phrasal verbs 2. a. Of a plant: to produce seed (often resulting in the cessation of flowering and growth). ΚΠ 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxxiv. 242 Radishes..must be gathered within two or three moneths (otherwise they will quickly goe to seede). 1796 Scots Mag. Jan. 2 Gather nettle-tops when going to seed. 1864 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 2 Mar. 2/3 The grass, what little did come up, is all dry and gone to seed. 1956 Jrnl. Range Managem. 9 273/2 These pastures are rotated so that at least one goes to seed each year and provides fall and winter feed. 2013 Kindred Spirit Mar. 29/1 Deadheading..restrains the natural desire of flowers to go to seed. b. figurative. To become habitually unkempt, shabby, or ineffective; to let oneself go (see let v.¹ 24e(b)). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > by want of use or neglect moul?c1225 rusta1400 moulda1547 to run to repairs1681 to go to seed1817 to run down1843 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South I. xvii. 188 His white dimity could not last for ever, and he gradually went to seed. 1853 Official Rep. Deb. & Procedings Mass. III. 577 We are all come-outers, more or less, but some of our friends are older, and have gone to seed a little. 1929 G. Ade Let. 8 Feb. (1973) 139 Temples and palaces of incredible size and beauty, some of them slightly gone to seed and others filled with the most wonderful museum displays of Chinese art. 1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway iv. 42 He seemed to be going to seed a bit; to be a bit slow. 1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy v. 71 He was a tall man, but a tall man gone to seed, for there was a large rounded stomach. P2. to grow to seed: to produce seed. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 46 It [sc. Medica] is best mowed when it beginneth to flowre, for it must not growe to seede. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 136 Ah fie, tis an vnweeded garden That growes to seede. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Panax The Root..before it be grown to Seed is eaten both by the Hungarians and Tartars instead of Bread. 1842 Morning Chron. 1 Mar. 5/6 They have no weeds growing to seed, and spreading foulness over every field. 1928 W. W. Tracy Veg. Seeds for Home & Market Garden (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1390) (rev. ed.) 9 Plants showing the most desirable leaf should be chosen and allowed to grow to seed. 2002 S. Ashworth Seed to Seed (ed. 2) 121/1 West Indian gherkin is an annual vine crop that can be grown to seed anywhere cucumbers are successful. P3. to be in seed: to have produced seed. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xl. 605 They flower and are in seede in Iuly. 1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 262 The herbs are in seed. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Onion When your Onions are in seed, they are very subject to be blown down by the Wind. 1893 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 79. 183 It being the dry season it was not a suitable time for making a good collection of specimens for the Herbarium, and many of the plants were in seed. 1950 W. O. Douglas Of Men & Mountains vi. 72 The purplish pasqueflower or western anemone was in seed. 2016 D. Williams Prairie in Seed p. xv Visit the site when the plant is in flower and document its location,..so you can find it later when it is in seed. P4. colloquial (chiefly Irish English). seed, breed, and generation and variants: an entire family including all extended relations; (in extended use) all the members of an ethnicity, race, or type. Hence also: a person's deep-rooted nature or sense of identity. ΚΠ 1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 199/2 I..began to give a full account of all that I knew of my breed, seed, and generation. 1793 M. Pilkington Rosina V. xxi. 176 I'm sure you would not care if myself and all my seed, breed and generation, were at the devil, so as you could serve your own turn by it. 1833 Morning Post 13 Aug. This contankerus fellow..told me to my face that all the breed, seed, and generations of the old stock of the Royal O'Connors, of Belinagar, were no better than—, saving your favour. 1860 Lancaster Gaz. 28 Apr. 4/6 The exclusion of the whole Napoleonic seed and breed from sovereign power. 1894 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 10 Apr. Those heathen Chinee..may do for a Sunday school teaparty, but ‘no bueno’ is the verdict of the American people upon the whole seed, breed and generation of them. 1949 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 579/4 They come from County Down..They are Down men in the marrow of their bones..the breed, seed and generation of them is Down. 1972 J. B. Keane Lett. Irish Parish Priest in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 88 Knowing the seed, breed, and generation of Henry Dring I guessed that the thought of losing one penny would be sufficient to make him abandon his course. 2015 A. Titley tr. M. Ó Cadhain Dirty Dust i. 10 I know far too much about her, and every single one of her breed and seed, Maggie. P5. to set seed: to produce seed. ΚΠ 1865 G. Bentham Handbk. Brit. Flora I. p. xxix Without these the pistil is imperfect, and said to be barren (not setting seed), abortive, or rudimentary, according to the degree of imperfection. 1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 80/1 It is scarcely necessary to refer to the fact that in order for a plant to set seed it is necessary that the stigma of the flower shall be dusted with the pollen. 1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xiv. 126 Many brassicas are biennials, growing strongly in their first year and storing reserves of food.., and running up to flower and setting seed in their second year. 2014 Guardian 12 June 35/5 Thriving in the midst of grass crops such as wheat and barley and setting seed before the harvest makes black grass a very awkward plant. extracted from seedn. < as lemmas
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