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。 - 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。 - As discussed in my last Comment lines article, we are continuing to incubate new cloud applications to support new delivery and deployment models.
正如我的上一篇“评论专栏”文章所讨论的，我们在不断孵化新的云应用程序来支持新的交付和部署模型。 - 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。 - You incubate a product in an atmosphere where that product is best incubated.
你孵化一个产品，会选择最适合孵化它的环境。 - Physiologically ready to incubate eggs.
生理上易于孵化卵的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It took four days for the plague to incubate.
潜伏四天后瘟疫形成了。