短语 | go/run to seed |
释义 | go/run to ˈseed1(especially of a vegetable plant尤指蔬菜)to produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves花谢结籽2to become much less attractive or good because of lack of attention变得懒散颓废(或意志消沉);衰败After his divorce, he let himself go to seed.离婚后,他自暴自弃。go/run to seed1.(指植物)花谢结籽:It is already late autumn,all grass and flowers have run to seed.已经到了晚秋,所有花草都已结籽了。2.(指人)衰颓;颓废:The old scholar has been on the thither side of eighty,but he shows no sign of running to seed,still imparting knowledge and educating people unfatiguably.那老学者已经年过八旬,但他丝毫没有衰颓的迹象,仍然孜孜不倦的教书育人。 |
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