seal
I.seal1 S3 /siːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Language: Old English; Origin: seolh]
[Sense 2-6: Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: seel, from Latin sigillum, from signum; ⇨ ↑sign1]
1. a large sea animal that eats fish and lives around coasts
2.
a) a mark that has a special design and shows the legal or official authority of a person or organization:
The document carried the seal of the governor’s office.
b) the object that is used to make this mark
3. a piece of rubber or plastic that keeps air, water, dirt etc out of something
airtight/watertight seal
an airtight seal around the windows
4. a piece of ↑wax, paper, wire etc that you have to break in order to open a container, document etc
5. seal of approval if you give something your seal of approval, you say that you approve of it, especially officially:
A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to the scheme.
6. set the seal on something British English to make something definite or complete:
In 1972, Nixon himself went to China to set the seal on the new relationship.
II.seal2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1. (also seal up) to close an entrance or a container with something that stops air, water etc from coming in or out of it:
The window was sealed shut.
seal a joint/crack/opening/gap
A quick way to seal awkward gaps is to use a foam filler.
Dried milk is kept in hermetically sealed (=very tightly closed) containers.
2. if a building, area, or country is sealed, no one can enter or leave it:
Authorities plan to seal the border.
3. to close an envelope, package etc by using something sticky to hold its edges in place:
He wrote the address and sealed the envelope.
4. to cover the surface of something with something that will protect it:
Wooden decks should be sealed to prevent cracking.
5. seal sb’s fate to make something, especially something bad, sure to happen:
The outbreak of war sealed the government’s fate.
6. seal a deal/bargain/pact etc to make an agreement more formal or definite
7. seal a victory/win/match to make a victory certain:
Smith’s goal sealed the victory.
⇨ sb’s lips are sealed at ↑lip(5), ⇨ all signed and sealed at ↑sign2(6)
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THESAURUS
▪ close to stop being open, or to make something stop being open. You use close and shut especially about your eyes, your mouth, a door, a window, or a container: Can I close the window? | Her eyes slowly closed. | He closed the door gently, so as not to wake the children.
▪ shut to close something . Shut sometimes has a feeling of doing something quickly and firmly, whereas close sounds more careful: He shut the door with a loud bang. | Shut your eyes and go to sleep.
▪ slam to close a door or lid quickly and noisily, especially because you are angry: She left the room, slamming the door behind her.
▪ draw the curtains to close curtains by pulling them across a window: The curtains were still drawn at ten o'clock in the morning.
▪ put the lid on something to close a container by putting a lid onto it: Did you put the lid on the cookie jar?
▪ seal to close something so that no air or water can get in or out: In this experiment, the chamber must be completely sealed.
seal something ↔ in phrasal verb
to stop something that is inside something else from getting out:
Fry the meat quickly to seal in the juices.
seal something ↔ off phrasal verb
to stop people from entering an area or building, because it is dangerous:
Following a bomb warning, police have sealed off the whole area.
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A seal is an emblem (symbol) of a country, family, or other group.
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Seals are animals that live in the ocean but breathe air. They are marine mammals.| ◎ | [si:l] | | ※ | danh từ | | | ■ | (động vật học) chó biển; hải cẩu | | | ■ | (như) sealskin | | ※ | nội động từ | | | ■ | săn chó biển, săn hải cẩu | | ※ | danh từ | | | ■ | dấu niêm phong | | | ☆ | leaden seal | | | dấu chì (niêm phong thùng rượu...) | | | ■ | con dấu, cái ấn, cái triện | | | ☆ | the seals | | | ấn dấu (trao cho chủ tịch thượng nghị viện, bộ trưởng Anh) | | | ☆ | to return the seals | | | treo ấn từ quan | | | ■ | điềm báo trước, dấu hiệu | | | ☆ | seal of dealth in one's face | | | điềm sắp chết hiện ra trên mặt | | | ■ | cái để xác định, cái để bảo đảm | | | ☆ | seal of love | | | cái hôn; sự đẻ con (xác định, bảo đảm tình yêu) | | | ■ | xi, chì (để gắn, đóng dấu); cái bịt | | | ☆ | vacuum seal | | | xì chân không | | | ☆ | labyrinth seal | | | cái bịt kiểu đường rối | | | 〆 | to set one's seal to | | | ✓ | đóng dấu xi vào (phong bì, hộp...) | | | ✓ | cho phép; xác định | | | 〆 | under the seal of secrecy | | | ✓ | với điều kiện phải giữ bí mật | | ※ | ngoại động từ | | | ■ | áp triện, đóng dấu, chứng thực | | | ■ | đóng kín, bịt kín, gắn xi | | | ☆ | sealed up windows | | | cửa sổ bịt kín | | | ☆ | to seal up tin | | | hàn kín hộp đồ hộp | | | ☆ | my lips are seal ed | | | tôi bị bịt miệng, tôi không được nói | | | ☆ | a sealed book | | | điều không biết, điều không thể biết được | | | ■ | đánh dấu, dành riêng, chỉ định, định đoạt, quyết định (số mệnh...) | | | ☆ | death has sealed her for his own | | | thần chết đã chỉ định nàng | | | ☆ | his fate is sealed | | | số mệnh của ông ta đã được định đoạt | | | ■ | chính thức chọn, chính thức công nhận | | | ☆ | sealed pattern | | | quy cách đã được công nhận; kiểu mẫu đã được công nhận | | | ■ | gắn (vật gì) vào tường; giữ (cái gì) ở một nơi kín | | | 〆 | to seal off | | | ✓ | cắt đứt, chặn (đường (giao thông)...); cô lập; vây chắn không cho vào (một nơi nào) |
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