英语词汇“incubate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

incubateincubate /ˈɪŋkyəˌbeɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYincubate

Origin: 1600-1700 Latin, past participle of incubare to lie on, from cubare to lie

VERB TABLE

incubate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	incubate
	he, she, it	incubates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	incubated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have incubated
	he, she, it	has incubated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had incubated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will incubate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have incubated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am incubating
	he, she, it	is incubating
	you, we, they	are incubating
Past	I, he, she, it	was incubating
	you, we, they	were incubating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been incubating
	he, she, it	has been incubating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been incubating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be incubating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been incubating

1science, biology if an animal such as a bird incubates its eggs, or if they incubate, they are kept warm under the animal’s body until the young animals come out2medicine if a disease incubates, or if you incubate it, it develops in your body until you show physical signs of it—incubation /ˌɪŋkyəˈbeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]