seal
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they seal | |
he / she / it seals | |
past simple sealed | |
past participle sealed | |
-ing form sealing |
- seal something (up/down)
to close an envelope, etc. by sticking the edges of the opening together 封上(信封) Make sure you've signed the cheque before sealing the envelope. 一定要在支票上簽了名再封信封。 a sealed bid (= one that is kept in a sealed envelope and therefore remains secret until all other bids have been received) 密封(投)標
- [often passive]
to close a container tightly or fill a small opening, etc., especially so that air, liquid, etc. cannot get in or out 密封(容器) - seal something (with something)
He sealed the bag tightly with sticky tape. 他用膠帶將袋子牢牢地封住了。 - be sealed (up) (with something)
The windows and doors had been sealed up with bricks. 門窗已經用磚塊封嚴了。 The organs are kept in sealed plastic bags. 這些器官保存在密封塑料袋裏。
Extra ExamplesThe containers must be carefully sealed so that no air can get in. 這些容器必須仔細封好,不能讓空氣進去。 The whole unit is sealed to prevent dust getting in. 整個裝置是密封的,以防止灰塵進入。 The unit is completely sealed. 這個裝置處於完全密封狀態。 a hermetically sealed container 密封的容器
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- properly
- tightly
- …
- from
- with
- seal something (with something)
- seal something
to make something definite, so that it cannot be changed or argued about 確定;明確定下來;使成定局 to seal a contract 訂立合同 They drank a glass of wine to seal their new friendship. 他們幹了一杯,交成朋友。 The discovery of new evidence sealed his fate (= nothing could prevent what was going to happen to him). 新發現的證據決定了他的命運。 She sealed victory with a birdie at the final hole. 她在最後一洞用一只小鳥鎖定了勝利。
- [often passive] seal something (with something)
to cover the surface of something with a substance in order to protect it 封蓋…的表面 - seal something
(of the police, army, etc. )警察、軍隊等 to prevent people from passing through a place 關閉;封閉;封鎖 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- properly
- tightly
- …
- from
- with
close envelope封上信封
close container密封容器
make something definite確定
cover surface覆蓋表面
close borders/exits關閉邊界/出口
Word Originverb Middle English (in senses (2), (5) and (6)): from Old French seel (noun), seeler (verb), from Latin sigillum ‘small picture’, diminutive of signum ‘a sign’.
Idioms
my lips are sealed
used to say that you will not repeat somebody’s secret to other people (表示不會說出某人的秘密)我把嘴封住,我絕口不提
signed and sealed | signed, sealed and delivered
definite, because all the legal documents have been signed 簽名蓋章完畢的;鐵定的;成定局的 The contracts are already signed and sealed. 那些合同已經生效了。
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