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seeder

/see-der/US // ˈsi dər //UK // (ˈsiːdə) //

播种机,播种者,种子选手,播种员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that seeds.
    • : any of various apparatus for sowing seeds in the ground, ranging from simple devices that deposit seed evenly over a plot of land to complex machines that prepare a hole in the earth, insert a seed or seeds at the proper depth, and cover the hole again.
    • : a plant that produces many seeds, especially one grown mainly to produce seeds for growing other plants.
    • : a device or utensil for removing seeds, as from grapefruit.
    • : a device used to scatter particles of silver iodide, carbon dioxide, etc., in clouds to induce precipitation.

Examples

  • Perhaps our alien seeders knew that consciousness would evolve.

  • If nothin' more comes of it I made a profit of three dollar forty on that seeder.

  • I had traversed it scores of times in every direction, following the plow, the harrow, or the seeder.

  • I have never seen any insects at work on the flowers, and yet I find the plant to be a free seeder.

  • As even distribution at a uniform depth is necessary, the drill is preferred to the broadcast-seeder for barley sowing.

  • Raw soil, rent by the harrows and seamed by the seeder, and creeping bands of stock, were tokens of the downfall of the old rgime.