incubates

英 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪts]

美 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪts]

v.  孵(卵); 孵化; 培养(细胞、细菌等); 有(传染病在体内)潜伏
incubate的第三人称单数

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

双语例句

• The female bird incubates the eggs for about sixteen days while the male brings food.
  母鸟孵卵16天左右，而公鸟负责觅食。
• It incubates in literary works as "a mutual social emotion".
  它化作社会性的共同情感潜伏在文学作品中。
• Once contracted, the virus incubates in the body for3 to6 days, followed by infection that can occur in one or two phases.
  一旦受到感染，病毒在体内潜伏期为3至6天，在随后一到两个阶段内出现感染症状。
• The high-tech business incubator promotes the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and the development of high-tech industry by incubating the new enterprises, and meanwhile it also incubates itself.
  科技创业孵化器通过对创业企业的孵化，促进了科技成果的转化和高新技术产业的发展，在孵化企业的同时也在孵化自己。
• South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back.
  南美洲蛙；在其背部皮肤的凹坑里培育其幼子。
• On the Countermeasure of Cluster Development of Technology Incubates
  科技孵化企业集群化发展对策研究
• Examine block for cracks or fractures. Another one has already formed in the hard phase in front of the steel basic phase when a crack incubates in the steel basic phase.
  当裂纹在钢基体相中孕育时，另一裂纹已在该钢基体相区前沿的硬质相中形成。
• It identifies, incubates and distributes grassroots technological innovations that can have a significant impact on rural lives.
  它发现、孵化和传播能对农村生计产生显著影响的基层技术创新。
• The disease typically incubates for eight to 10 days before symptoms including fever develop.
  这种病毒一般有8到10天的潜伏期，然后才会引起发热等症状。
• Green civilization gives birth to the Green Theory, which subsequently incubates the Green Taxation Theory.
  绿色文明催生绿色理论，绿色理论孕育了绿色税收理论。