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
- We try to incubate black mould in biology class.
微生物课上，我们试着培养黑霉。 - Our aim is similar – to groom and incubate new concepts into the leading internet enterprises of the new generation.
斗谷的理念也是相同：我们的目标是培养有潜力的网站概念成为新一代中国的领先网络企业。 - 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。 - Bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth.
颜色鲜艳的海鱼，用嘴孵卵。 - Recombinant technology which uses genetic modification to incubate the flu proteins in faster-growing insect cells could help carve out the vital time that scientists need to more accurately target influenza strains that will circulate during the upcoming season.
重组技术通过基因手段在成长速度更快的昆虫细胞中孵化流感蛋白质，从而可以为科学家节省更多宝贵的时间，更精确地确定下一季可能爆发的流感病毒变种。 - Physiologically ready to incubate eggs.
生理上易于孵化卵的。 - 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。 - It took four days for the plague to incubate.
潜伏四天后瘟疫形成了。 - 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。 - 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。