incubate

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vt. 孵, 培养, 使发展 vi. 孵蛋, 潜伏, 筑巢, 孵化, 酝酿 n. 孵育物

发音

其它 /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/

词形变化

incubates 复数 incubated incubates 三单 incubates incubating incubating 现在分词 incubated 过去式 incubated 过去分词

别名

inocubate

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A preparation, or material, that has been incubated.

    生物 化学
v.
  1. 1.

    To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

    孵化

    及物
  2. 2.

    To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

    潜伏

    比喻 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

cover hatch brood

上位词 4

develop multiply reproduce procreate

近义相关 3

cover hatch breed

词源

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).

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