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incubate

英 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪt]

美 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪt]

v.  孵(卵); 孵化; 培养(细胞、细菌等); 有(传染病在体内)潜伏

过去分词:incubated 过去式:incubated 现在分词:incubating 第三人称单数:incubates 复数:incubates 

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Collins.1 / BNC.10932 / COCA.18723

同义词辨析

broodhatchincubate【导航词义:孵化】

broodv. 孵蛋,抱窝
〔辨析〕
尤指禽类孵蛋,直至幼禽破壳而出。
〔例证〕
The hen broods eight eggs this time.
母鸡这次孵8个蛋。
hatchv. 孵出;出壳
〔辨析〕
普通用词,指蛋破壳或孵出幼禽、小鱼、小虫等。
〔例证〕
hatch chickens
孵出小鸡
The eggs take over a week to hatch.
这些蛋需要一个多星期才能孵化。
incubatev. 孵(卵),孵化
〔辨析〕
指禽类孵卵或蛋,或指卵、蛋等处于温暖的环境中直到被孵化。
〔例证〕
The female bird incubates the eggs for about 16 days while the male brings food.
雌鸟孵卵16天左右,这期间雄鸟负责觅食。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 孵(卵);孵化
      to sit on its eggs in order to keep them warm until they hatch
      1. 培养(细胞、细菌等)
        to keep cells, bacteria, etc. at a suitable temperature so that they develop
        1. 有(传染病在体内)潜伏
          to have an infectious disease developing inside you before symptoms (= signs of illness) appear
          1. 潜伏
            to develop slowly without showing any signs

            柯林斯词典

            • VERB 孵化;孵(卵)
              When birdsincubatetheir eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.
              1. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
                鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。
            • V-ERG (使)(病毒)潜伏
              When a germ in your bodyincubatesoris incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.
              1. The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
                病毒在初次感染以后可以潜伏长达 10 天。
            • VERB 酝酿;逐渐发展
              If you say that plans or ideasincubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.
              1. ...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years.
                无疑已在他头脑中酝酿了多年的重大决定

            英英释义

            verb

            • sit on (eggs)
              1. Birds brood
              2. The female covers the eggs
              Synonym:broodhatchcover
            • grow under conditions that promote development

              双语例句

              • The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
                病毒在初次感染以后可以潜伏长达10天。
              • Penguin eggs incubate on the feet of the males.
                企鹅蛋是在雄企鹅脚上孵化的。
              • We're going to need to incubate these eggs.
                我们要把这些卵孵出来。
              • Incubate under anaerobic conditions for the duration of the incubation period.
                在厌氧条件下培养,培养时间同培养期。
              • It's in Microsoft's DNA to continually develop and incubate new technologies to foster productivity and creativity.
                持续研发可以增加生产力和创造力的产品,一直都在微软的DNA中。
              • Taiwan, not China as before, is now the best place to incubate young inventors, argues John Chen, senior director and consultant with the Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute in Taipei.
                台北的市场情报与咨询研究所的高级助管兼顾问JohnChen说,以前是中国,而现在是台湾,才是孵化年轻发明家的最好的地方。
              • Though you need to have places you can incubate things, you also need to innovate from the core, he said.
                我们需要一些能够孵化新东西的部门,但也需要从核心出发来创新,他说。
              • Large-footed short-winged birds of australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
                澳大利亚大脚短翅的鸟;用腐草建造土堆以在其中孵蛋。
              • For example, the dengue fever virus takes about two weeks to incubate.
                例如,登革热病毒在蚊子体内大约需要两个星期的培育孵化期。
              • We try to incubate black mould in biology class.
                微生物课上,我们试着培养黑霉。