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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [silsi:l]
  • 美式音标 [siːl]
  • 国际音标 [si:l]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 密封；印章；海豹；封條；標志
  • vt. 密封；蓋章
  • vi. 獵海豹
  • n. (Seal)人名；(英)西爾

词源解说

  • 1230年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的seel；最初源自通俗拉丁語的sigellum，意爲把設計圖案印在蠟上。

词根记忆

  • sea(海洋) + l(看作love，愛)→海水也不會沖走愛的封印→封條
  • sea(海洋) + l(看作love，愛)→海豹是可愛的海洋動物→海豹
  • sea(海洋) + l(看作love，愛)→海水也不會沖走愛的印跡→印，圖章
  • sea(海洋) + l(看做love，愛)→喜歡海洋的動物→海豹
  • 頑皮的海豹(seal)，媮拿(steal)零食

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    sealed：密封的；未知的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    sealing：封閉，[機]密封；補鑄件的漏洞；獵捕海豹業。
    sealant：[機]密封劑。
    sealer：蓋印人；檢騐員；密封層；捕海豹的船或獵人。
    sealskin：海豹皮；海豹皮衣。
  • v性質的同根詞
    sealed：封閉；蓋印（seal的過去分詞）。

用法辨析

    v. (動詞)

  • seal用作名詞時的意思是“印章”,轉化爲動詞的意思是“蓋章於…上”,引申可表示“封”“封口”“封住”“最後確定”等。
  • seal衹用作及物動詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語。
  • seal作動詞指“密封”時，可以用seal the letter或seal the envelope表示“把信件密封”。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • They saw many seals off the Coast of Alaska.
    他們在阿拉斯加海岸外看見很多海豹。

    • 用作動詞 (v.)

    用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

  • She sealed the letter.
    她把信封上了。

词组短语

    用作名詞 (n.)

    動詞+～

  • affix 〔stamp〕 a seal 蓋章
  • break 〔take off〕 a seal 啓封
  • engrave a seal 刻圖章
  • pass the seal 蓋有圖章
  • put the seal on 在…封口処打上封印

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (ANIMAL) a large mammal that eats fish and lives partly in the sea and partly on land or ice
  • (COVERING) something fixed around the edge of an opening to prevent liquid or gas flowing through it
  • (MARK) an official mark on a document, sometimes made with wax, that shows that it is legal or has been officially approved
  • (COVERING) to close an entrance or container so that nothing can enter or leave it
  • (MARK) to make an agreement more certain or to approve it formally

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • When you seal an envelope, you close it by folding part of it over and sticking it down, so that it cannot be opened without being torn.
  • If you seal a container or an opening, you cover it with something in order to prevent air, liquid, or other material from getting in or out. If you seal something in a container, you put it inside and then close the container tightly.
  • The seal on a container or opening is the part where it has been sealed.
  • A seal is a device or a piece of material, for example, in a machine, which closes an opening tightly so that air, liquid, or other substances cannot get in or out.
  • A seal is something such as a piece of sticky paper or wax that is fixed to a container or door and must be broken before the container or door can be opened.
  • A seal is a special mark or design, for example, on a document, representing someone or something. It may be used to show that something is genuine or officially approved.
  • If someone in authority seals an area, they stop people entering or passing through it, for example, by placing barriers in the way.
  • Seal off means the same as .
  • To seal something means to make it definite or confirm how it is going to be.
  • to affix a seal to, as proof of authenticity
  • A seal is a large animal with a rounded body and flat legs called flippers. Seals eat fish and live in and near the sea, usually in cold parts of the world.
  • to hunt for seals