seedtime

n. 播种时期

发音

其它 /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/

词形变化

seedtimes 复数 seedtimes

别名

seed-time

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The time to sow seeds.

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  2. 2.

    A time for new development.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

stage season phase

词源

From Middle English seed tyme, from Old English sǣdtīma (“time for sowing, season”), from Proto-West Germanic *sādatīmō, from Proto-Germanic *sēdatīmô (“seedtime”), equivalent to seed + time. Cognate with Icelandic sáðtími (“sowing time, seedtime”). Compare also West Frisian siedtiid (“seedtime”), Dutch zaaitijd (“sowing time, seedtime”), German Saatzeit (“season for sowing seed”), Swedish såddtid (“sowing time, seedtime”), Faroese sáðtíð (“sowing time”), Old Norse sáðtíð (“April”, literally “seed time”).

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