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seaweed

/see-weed/US // ˈsiˌwid //UK // (ˈsiːˌwiːd) //

海草,海藻,海苔,海带

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any plant or plants growing in the ocean.
    • : a marine alga.

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Examples

  • You may not often encounter “burgeoning” and “kelp” in the same sentence, but the seaweed is truly having a moment.

  • He raises oysters, clams, mussels — and kelp, that brown, slippery seaweed that looks like packing tape.

  • Carrageenan extracted from seaweed is used in products all over the world, but like so many other supply chains, this one has been unfair to local communities.

  • This model has diversified from nets to include seaweed farming in the Philippines.

  • Kayanda recently recruited 25 women on Pemba, an island off the Tanzanian coast, to start a production plant for beauty products made from seaweed.

  • On the other hand, he found my wasabi seaweed a bit off-putting.

  • Rich in dietary fiber and calcium, hijiki is a black-colored seaweed that grows wild on the Japanese coastline.

  • Poudre de Neptune (dill, fennel, star anise, seaweed) is by far the most-used seasoning in my kitchen.

  • The smell of wild thyme mingling with the salt of the low-tide seaweed conveyed stimulating fragrance.

  • They had dug some clams at the low tide in the forenoon and put them away, covered with wet seaweed.

  • The uniform level of the seaweed marked the line of the water at the height of the tide, and the limit of the sea in calm weather.

  • Some, covered with a hairy and glutinous seaweed, seemed like large green moles boring a way into the rock.

  • Do you see that orange-and-black striped blazer—there by the seaweed: he's pointing; that's Philip Lacey.