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】

牛津词典

verb

• 孵（卵）；孵化
  to sit on its eggs in order to keep them warm until they hatch
• 培养（细胞、细菌等）
  to keep cells, bacteria, etc. at a suitable temperature so that they develop
• 有（传染病在体内）潜伏
  to have an infectious disease developing inside you before symptoms (= signs of illness) appear
• 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

• In addition, the pressure for revenue can incubate a rogue trading culture that turns a blind eye toward the behavior of star traders.
  此外，创收的压力下甚至可能滋生流氓交易文化，让人们对明星交易员的违规行为视而不见。
• 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。
• Penguin eggs incubate on the feet of the males.
  企鹅蛋是在雄企鹅脚上孵化的。
• The EMFT project was initiated to incubate new technologies that extend or complement EMF.
  EMFT项目的发起旨在酝酿扩展或补充EMF的新技术。
• Bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth.
  颜色鲜艳的海鱼，用嘴孵卵。
• The size of the batch depends on how many eggs a manufacturer can obtain, inoculate and incubate.
  每一批的数量取决于生产商能获得多少只鸡蛋，给多少只鸡蛋注入病毒和进行培养。
• But it will also incubate ideas via the Internet, work with local partners and explore other options, such as stores within stores.
  但同时也将酝酿网络销售的想法、与本土企业合作，并探索店中店等其它选择。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mind-wandering, often seen as daydreaming, allows the brain to incubate new approaches to familiar problems, serving 'as a foundation for creative inspiration,' says the 2012 study in Psychological Science.
  2012年发表在《心理科学》期刊上的那项研究还表明，常常被人们视作白日梦的走神行为能让大脑针对老问题酝酿出新办法，它是创造性灵感的基石。