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单词 incubate
释义

incubaten.

/ˈɪnkjuːbeɪt/
Etymology: < incubate v. + -ate suffix3, after filtrate, precipitate, etc.
A preparation, or material, that has been incubated.
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the world > matter > chemistry > experiments > [noun] > a preparation > that has been incubated
incubate1959
1959 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 81 4109/2 Aldosterone was the most abundant steroid found in incubates of adrenals from the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana.
1972 Nature 22 Dec. 470/2 Biosynthesized 14C-labelled 11 KT was detectable in the control but not in the Cd-damaged tissue incubate.
1973 Biochem. Jrnl. 131 406/2 The incubates were extracted with equal volumes of ethyl acetate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

incubatev.

/ˈɪnkjuːbeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin incubāt- (more commonly incubit- : see incubiture n.), participial stem of incubāre to lie on, to hatch, < in- (in- prefix3) + cubāre to lie: see -ate suffix3.
1.
a. transitive. To sit upon (eggs) in order to hatch them; to hatch (eggs) by sitting upon them or by some equivalent process.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > incubate
sit1545
couve1601
incubate1721
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To incubate, to brood or hover over, to lie or set upon as a Hen.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Incubated,..brooded or hovered over as by a Bird on her Eggs or Nest.
1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 61 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) They are incubated by the heat of the Sun.
1788 Jenner in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 229 Respecting the Cuckoo: why..it should not build a nest, incubate its eggs?
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 974/1 The egg..had been incubated six days.
1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) viii Still fewer [fishes] nidificate and incubate their ova.
b. figurative. To brood upon.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > affectionately or tenderly
nourishc1300
cherish1340
fosterc1386
lapc1430
tender1449
nestle1548
nuzzlea1577
brood1618
incubate1641
nurslea1652
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 179 Gods Spirit..must incubate, and brood both, to make them fruitfull.
2.
a. intransitive. To sit upon eggs, to brood.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > incubate
hatchc1275
couvey1598
couve1601
incubate1755
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Incubate, v.n., to sit upon eggs.
1788 Jenner in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 230 Many of the birds which incubate have stomachs analogous to those of Cuckoos.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 41 The one that is incubating flutters up with loud cries of distress.
b. figurative. To brood.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care or protect [verb (intransitive)] > affectionately or tenderly
incubate1660
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)]
thinkOE
thinkOE
bethinka1200
umthinka1300
to have mind ofc1300
casta1340
studya1375
delivera1382
to chew the cudc1384
to take advisementa1393
stema1400
compassc1400
advisec1405
deliberc1405
to make it wisec1405
to take deliberationc1405
enter?a1413
riddlec1426
hovec1440
devise?c1450
to study by (also in) oneself?c1450
considerc1460
porec1500
regard1523
deliberate1543
to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546
contemplate1560
consult1565
perpend1568
vise1568
to consider of1569
weigh1573
ruminate1574
dascanc1579
to lay to (one's) heart1588
pondera1593
debate1594
reflect1596
comment1597
perponder1599
revolvea1600
rumine1605
consider on, upon1606
to think twice1623
reflex1631
spell1645
ponderatea1652
to turn about1725
to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736
to wake over1771
incubatea1847
mull1857
fink1888
1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. viii. 476 The Spirit of God gently incubated on the World.
a1847 M. Napier in Select. Corr. (1879) 508 I wrote this while incubating on my Bills in Edinburgh.
3.
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a. intransitive. Pathology. Of a disease: To pass through the process of incubation (incubation n. 3).
b. transitive. Biology. To place in an incubator (for developing bacteria); to maintain at a constant degree of warmth that will favour growth or continued survival (e.g. of micro-organisms); more widely, to maintain under given conditions in a controlled or artificial environment.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > place in an incubator
incubate1896
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 805 The tubes are capped, shaken and incubated for twenty-four hours.
1912 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 16 171 One volume of a 5 per cent. suspension of erythrocytes in isotonic salt solution was mixed with two volumes of serum in capillary pipettes. The pipettes were incubated at 38°C for two hours and then put in an ice box for twenty-four hours.
1938 Biochem. Jrnl. 32 450 Batches of 100 flasks of Czapek-Dox solution..were sown with..Helminthosporium leersii..and incubated in the dark at 24°. The rate of growth was slow and incubation was continued for 90 days... The mycelium was separated by filtration.
1947 Growth XI. 232 The ability to ferment galactose occurs exclusively in cells that have been grown on galactose, or have been incubated in a galactose solution for a few hours.
1948 Biochem. Jrnl. 43 538/2 The requisite amount of homogenate..is then added and incubated at 37° for 1 hr.
1962 J. E. Harris & L. Gruber in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 373 The second method of study has been that of incubating the lens under various conditions at 37°C for a period of time prior to analysis.
1969 Clin. Sci. XXXVII. 99 The diffusion of glucose and potassium between erythrocytes and their medium was impaired when the red cells were packed by centrifugation and incubated for 48 hr without agitation.
1969 Clin. Sci. XXXVII. 409 Rat liver slices were incubated in serum obtained from normal volunteers and from uraemic patients.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. May 19/3 The inoculated samples were incubated for up to 27 days at various temperatures—0°, 5°, 10° and 20°C.
1970 Biol. Abstr. 51 11404/2 By incubating the seeds for 8 days at 15 C and then for 3 days at 25 C in a non-sterilized soil coming from a rice field..seed resistance to rotting may be estimated.
1971 Nature 19 Nov. 154/1 Because uterine secretions are slightly alkaline, a copper strip was incubated for 18 h in pH 8 carbonate buffer.

Derivatives

ˈincubated adj.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hatching > that hatches
hatchinga1586
incubated1727
1727 [see sense 1a].
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 673/1 The vascular area of the incubated egg.
1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 216 By its own law..The incubated egg unfolded.
ˈincubating n. and adj.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [adjective] > incubating
incubating1890
1890 Daily News 21 Nov. 3/2 Dr. Koch's lymph..is prepared in an incubating stove within a space which is hermetically sealed and sterilized.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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