seal

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 sēl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
    — The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
  2. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
    — She [Nature] carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.
  3. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
  4. A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
    — The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.
  5. Anything that secures or authenticates.
  6. Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
    — The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
  7. Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this. figuratively
    — Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
  8. Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
    — The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.
  9. A tight closure, secure against leakage.
    — Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.
  10. A chakra.
动词 v.
  1. To hunt seals. intransitive
    — They're organizing a protest against sealing.
  2. To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls. dialectal
  3. To place a seal on (a document). transitive
  4. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
    — to seal weights and measures
  5. To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage. transitive
    — The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
  6. To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something). transitive
    — The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
  7. To close securely to prevent leakage. transitive
    — I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.
  8. To place in a sealed container. transitive
    — I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
  9. To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment. transitive
    — After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
  10. To guarantee. transitive
    — The last-minute goal sealed United’s win.
  11. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
    — Sealed to this wall by their rims were cazuelas ( earthenware bowls).
  12. To close by means of a seal.
    — to seal a drainpipe with water
  13. To bind eternally as family members. Mormonism
    — If a man once married desires a second helpmate […] she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church.
  14. To form a sacred commitment.
    — What was that office, or work, to which his Father sealed him? I answer, more generally, he was sealed to the whole work of mediation for us, thereby to recover and save all the elect, whom the Father had given him:
  15. To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices. transitive
    — Seal the meat and continue frying until nicely browned.

词形变化

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词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale, Icelandic selur), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-
Proto-Indo-European *-nóm
Proto-Italic *seknom
Latin signum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lum
Latin sigillum
Anglo-Norman seelbor.
Middle English sel
English seal
Inherited from Middle English sel, sele, from Anglo-Norman seel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”).
Doublet of sigil and sigillum.
词源 3
From Middle English *selen (suggested by Middle English sele (“harness; hame”)), perhaps from Old English sǣlan (“to bind”).
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