| 释义 |
incubate /inˈ or ingˈkū-bāt/ intransitive verb- To brood eggs
- To hatch
- To undergo incubation
- To brood, foment (figurative)
transitive verb- To hatch
- To foster the development of (as bacteria, etc)
- To brood or ponder over (figurative)
ORIGIN: L incubāre, -ātum (or usu -itum), from in on, and cubāre to lie, recline incubāˈtion noun - The act of sitting on eggs to hatch them
- Hatching (natural or artificial)
- Fostering (as of bacteria, etc)
- Brooding or fomenting (figurative)
- (also incubation or latent period) the period between infection with disease and the appearance of symptoms (medicine)
inˈcubātive or inˈcubātory adjective inˈcubātor noun - An apparatus for hatching eggs by artificial heat, for rearing prematurely born babies, or for developing bacteria
- A brooding hen
- An organization that offers office facilities, advice, and often capital to newly formed businesses
inˈcubous adjective (botany) (of a liverwort) having the upper leaf-margin overlapping the leaf above |