🇬🇧🇨🇳 seal - 印章 : English Lesson

Meaning of "seal" ("印章"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A seal is a special mark or stamp that important people or offices put on papers to show they are real, safe, and officially approved. Long ago, people often pressed a design into hot wax on a letter to make a seal, so everyone knew it was truly from them and had not been opened or changed.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I made a “World’s Best Kid” award for myself and added a giant glitter seal that nearly glued my hand to the paper.

I told my brother my homework needed the teacher’s seal, not his sticky pizza fingerprint.

The wizard refused to read any scroll that didn’t have an official seal or at least a dramatic swoosh of smoke.

The pirate map had a skull-shaped seal that seemed to say, “Warning: Contains too much adventure.”

Important documents often had wax seals in history so people knew if a letter had been opened—if the seal was broken, someone might have peeked, or just had very clumsy thumbs.

The clerk lifted the brass seal and pressed it into warm red wax on the old deed. The new seal matched the family seal on the torn corner. Children watched the seal set like a small sun. With the seal in place, the house deed felt true; the mother laughed and hugged them all.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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