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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同义词辨析
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。
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。
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。
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 - 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.- The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。
- The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
- 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.- 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。
- The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
- 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.- ...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
- ...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years.
英英释义
verb
- sit on (eggs)
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- grow under conditions that promote development
双语例句
- 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。 - So the party began inviting entrepreneurs to officially join its ranks and establishing cells inside private companies to ensure they did not incubate an alternative political force.
因此，党开始邀请企业家正式加入其阵营，并开始在私营企业中建立党组织，确保它们不会滋生其它政治力量。 - We try to incubate black mould in biology class.
微生物课上，我们试着培养黑霉。 - While it is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot, such as showers or bathhouses, the disease requires a warm moist environment, such as the inside of a shoe, in order to incubate.
脚气通常在潮湿公共区域的习惯赤脚走路的人之间传播，如淋浴房或浴室，这种病需要温暖潮湿的环境，如鞋的内侧，以滋生真菌。 - 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。 - The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。 - The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.
蛋孵化需要的时间是九到十天。 - Some veterans think many will close, just as many of the projects they incubate will fail.
某些资深人士认为，大量创业加速器项目都将倒闭，就像它们培养的初创项目会失败一样。 - 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。 - 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。