incubatorn.

/ˈɪnkjuːbeɪtə/

Etymology: < Latin incubātor, agent-noun < incubāre to lie in or on.

a. A bird which incubates or sits on eggs; a sitting bird. Also, any of certain other animals having particular patterns of behaviour to keep their eggs at a higher temperature than the surrounding environment.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > egg > incubation > animal that keeps eggs warm

incubator1969

1969 A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles II. ix. 430 Of the six or more species which have acquired the brooding habit, only the Indian python is now known on good evidence to be a true incubator.

b. figurative. One who sits brooding.

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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders

ponderer?1526

considerera1568

contemplator1597

deliberator1598

surveyor1606

chewer1612

head-scratcher1618

considerator1658

reflecter1665

reflector1665

deliberant1672

preoccupier1746

ruminator1758

phrontist1822

incubator1851

1851 T. De Quincey On Present State Eng. Lang. in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 98/1 The Hebrew..sitting..as incubator over the awful germs of the spiritualities that connect man with the unseen worlds.

a. An apparatus for hatching birds by artificial heat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > incubator or brooder

furnacec1400

brood-oven1737

eccaleobion1839

hatcher1856

incubator1857

brooder1880

brood-chamber1888

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > poultry-rearing equipment

nest-egg1579

mother1807

brood-basket1848

incubator1857

crammer1887

foster-mother1907

1857 Cottage Gardener 4 Aug. 274/2 An incubator is an unprofitable machine..It is a good hatcher..but the chickens cannot be reared.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 188 The heat of the manure-heap acts as an incubator [to snakes' eggs].

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 119/1 A Series of Thermostatic Incubators..for the artificial hatching of eggs.

b. An apparatus for rearing children born prematurely.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > life-supporting equipment > [noun] > incubator

incubator1896

Isolette1949

1896 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 4/1 One of the incubators, or foster mothers, by means of which the lives of..little ones prematurely born into the world have been saved.

3. An apparatus for the artficial development of bacteria.

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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > apparatus > [noun] > other apparatus

compressorium1845

air bath1848

compressor1881

Berkefeld1891

incubator1896

catchwater1901

ultrafilter1908

fermenter1925

gradocol membrane1931

roller tube1933

Tiselius (electrophoresis) apparatus1939

sonicator1952

Sonifier1961

cytocentrifuge1966

lyophilizer1967

biochip1980

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 805 These [test-tubes] are capped and kept at 37° in the incubators for twenty-four hours.

4. figurative and transferred. A breeder, author, source.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > one who originates

sower1380

originalc1390

beginnerc1400

authrix?a1475

mother1560

grandmother1569

seedster1589

father-in-law1650

originator1818

originatress1840

incubator1864

originant1892

1864 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. His mind is only an incubator for hatching lewdness.

1897 L. A. Thurston Handbk. Annex. Hawaii 35 An incubator of international friction.

Compounds

incubator-bird n. Australian = megapode n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder)

megapode1840

mound-building bird1846

mound bird1855

maleo1860

mound-maker1860

mound builder1869

megapod1890

incubator-bird1943

1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketches Nat. Hist. Austral. 152 These most interesting birds do not incubate their eggs... for instead..we find them deposited in a perfectly planned, thoroughly heated incubator.]

1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. xvii. 148 There are numerous species of Megapodes... All are ‘incubator-birds’, burying their large eggs in huge nest-mounds, to be incubated by the heat generated by decaying vegetation, or by solar heat.

1963 Times 12 Mar. (Austral. Suppl.) p. x/7 There are several kinds of megapode or incubator-birds in Australia, of which the best-known is the lowan or mallee-hen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	incubator
释义	incubatorn. /ˈɪnkjuːbeɪtə/ Etymology: < Latin incubātor, agent-noun < incubāre to lie in or on. 1. a. A bird which incubates or sits on eggs; a sitting bird. Also, any of certain other animals having particular patterns of behaviour to keep their eggs at a higher temperature than the surrounding environment. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > egg > incubation > animal that keeps eggs warm incubator1969 1969 A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles II. ix. 430 Of the six or more species which have acquired the brooding habit, only the Indian python is now known on good evidence to be a true incubator. b. figurative. One who sits brooding. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders ponderer?1526 considerera1568 contemplator1597 deliberator1598 surveyor1606 chewer1612 head-scratcher1618 considerator1658 reflecter1665 reflector1665 deliberant1672 preoccupier1746 ruminator1758 phrontist1822 incubator1851 1851 T. De Quincey On Present State Eng. Lang. in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 98/1 The Hebrew..sitting..as incubator over the awful germs of the spiritualities that connect man with the unseen worlds. 2. a. An apparatus for hatching birds by artificial heat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > incubator or brooder furnacec1400 brood-oven1737 eccaleobion1839 hatcher1856 incubator1857 brooder1880 brood-chamber1888 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > poultry-rearing equipment nest-egg1579 mother1807 brood-basket1848 incubator1857 crammer1887 foster-mother1907 1857 Cottage Gardener 4 Aug. 274/2 An incubator is an unprofitable machine..It is a good hatcher..but the chickens cannot be reared. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 188 The heat of the manure-heap acts as an incubator [to snakes' eggs]. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 119/1 A Series of Thermostatic Incubators..for the artificial hatching of eggs. b. An apparatus for rearing children born prematurely. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > life-supporting equipment > [noun] > incubator incubator1896 Isolette1949 1896 Westm. Gaz. 1 June 4/1 One of the incubators, or foster mothers, by means of which the lives of..little ones prematurely born into the world have been saved. 3. An apparatus for the artficial development of bacteria. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > apparatus > [noun] > other apparatus compressorium1845 air bath1848 compressor1881 Berkefeld1891 incubator1896 catchwater1901 ultrafilter1908 fermenter1925 gradocol membrane1931 roller tube1933 Tiselius (electrophoresis) apparatus1939 sonicator1952 Sonifier1961 cytocentrifuge1966 lyophilizer1967 biochip1980 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 805 These [test-tubes] are capped and kept at 37° in the incubators for twenty-four hours. 4. figurative and transferred. A breeder, author, source. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > one who originates sower1380 originalc1390 beginnerc1400 authrix?a1475 mother1560 grandmother1569 seedster1589 father-in-law1650 originator1818 originatress1840 incubator1864 originant1892 1864 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. His mind is only an incubator for hatching lewdness. 1897 L. A. Thurston Handbk. Annex. Hawaii 35 An incubator of international friction. Compounds incubator-bird n. Australian = megapode n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder) megapode1840 mound-building bird1846 mound bird1855 maleo1860 mound-maker1860 mound builder1869 megapod1890 incubator-bird1943 1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketches Nat. Hist. Austral. 152 These most interesting birds do not incubate their eggs... for instead..we find them deposited in a perfectly planned, thoroughly heated incubator.] 1943 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. xvii. 148 There are numerous species of Megapodes... All are ‘incubator-birds’, burying their large eggs in huge nest-mounds, to be incubated by the heat generated by decaying vegetation, or by solar heat. 1963 Times 12 Mar. (Austral. Suppl.) p. x/7 There are several kinds of megapode or incubator-birds in Australia, of which the best-known is the lowan or mallee-hen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1851
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