Seal

(noun.) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions.

(noun.) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents.

(noun.) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure.

(noun.) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture.

(noun.) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); 'the warrant bore the sheriff's seal'.

(noun.) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; 'a coat of seal'.

(verb.) decide irrevocably; 'sealing dooms'.

(verb.) hunt seals.

(verb.) close with or as if with a seal; 'She sealed the letter with hot wax'.

(verb.) make tight; secure against leakage; 'seal the windows'.

(verb.) affix a seal to; 'seal the letter'.

编辑:陌莉

• It was a beautiful letter, highly scented, on a pink paper, and with a light green seal. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The last name was written in pencil, and Amy explained that he was to rewrite it in ink and seal it up for her properly. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• If I don't hear from you before the time you mention, I will break the seal when the clock strikes. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was incorporated, in pursuance of an act of parliament, by a charter under the great seal, dated the 27th of July 1694. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The die is the same as the porochial seal--the Good Samaritan healing the sick and bruised man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The only circumstance in connection with them that at all struck me was that the seal lay tidily in the tray with the pencils and the wax. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I hastily broke open the plain wafer seal, and found a two hundred pound bank-note, merely enclosed in a blank cover. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Books with their wealth of entertainment and information would be sealed to a large part of mankind, if glasses did not assist weak eyes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• She knew them, they were finished, sealed and stamped and finished with, for her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was willing to be sealed thus in the underworld, like a soul damned but living forever in damnation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Reliant on Night, confiding in Solitude, I kept my tears sealed, my sobs chained, no longer; they heaved my heart; they tore their way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• That hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit's fate. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But as he sat gloating over me, I was supported by a scornful detestation of him that sealed my lips. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Then he sealed it and addressed it to Captain James Calhoun, Barque 'Lone Star,' Savannah, Georgia. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He is sad; silence seals his mind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• At last, he said, There was an old gentleman, with thick eyebrows, and a broad hat, and large chain and seals. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Signed with our hands and seals. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• At this minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• When those packets were sealed up, Jonas Oldacre got McFarlane to secure one of the seals by putting his thumb upon the soft wax. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• We will see seals in Suderoe, and, doubtless, mermaids in Stromoe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But seals would not find on oceanic islands the conditions favourable to their gradual reconversion into a terrestrial form. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Thus the pass will be closed up, sealing the pirates up in the crater, so if the volcano does burst out, they will be blown to pieces. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• A device for sealing together the inside part and bulb of an incandescent lamp mechanically. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• They have sealing-wax on it, he said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• A hopeful family yours, Mr. Trotter,' said Perker, sealing a letter which he had just finished writing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Before 1641 a true thermometer was constructed by sealing the top of the tube after driving out the air b y heat. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• My love has sworn, with sealing kiss, With me to live--to die; I have at last my nameless bliss. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It was one of those small sealing-wax knives to be found on old-fashioned writing-tables, with an ivory handle and a stiff blade. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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