seal
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noun- 1.
A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
Đồng nghĩa: sea puppy, pinniped
- 2.
A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- 3.
An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- 4.
A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.
- 5.
Anything that secures or authenticates.
- 6.
Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
- 7.
(figuratively)(figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
- 8.
Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.
- 9.
A tight closure, secure against leakage.
Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.
- 10.
A chakra.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To hunt seals.
They're organizing a protest against sealing.
- 2.
(transitive)To place a seal on (a document).
- 3.
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
to seal weights and measures
to seal silverware
- 4.
(transitive)To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
- 5.
(transitive)To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
Đồng nghĩa: block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off
- 6.
(transitive)To close securely to prevent leakage.
I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.
- 7.
(transitive)To place in a sealed container.
I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
Đồng nghĩa: enclose
- 8.
(transitive)(transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
- 9.
(transitive)To guarantee.
The last-minute goal sealed United’s win.
seal one's destiny
seal someone's fate
seal a job or a contract
- 10.
To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- 11.
To close by means of a seal.
to seal a drainpipe with water
- 12.
(Mormonism)To bind eternally as family members.
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thumb|A seal (Q3192954) (in this instance, a leopard seal) From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare selch,selkie, selich, seel, zēle, selah, sæl, sale, selur), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (to pull) (compare dialectal sullow) or from early *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal hylki, standard hylje, hülj…