Incubate
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vt. 孵化;培育;
vt.& vi. 孵（卵）;<醫(yī)>潛伏;逐漸形成;潛伏在體內(nèi);
?? 詞根助記
in進入+cub躺+ate使，造成→躺在里面→孵卵
?? 例句
The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.
蛋孵化需要的時間是九到十天.
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】in-進入,cub-cube立方體,ate-使:使兩只雞進入立方體里面→卵化培養(yǎng)
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?? 詞根
-cumb-表示“躺下”
?? 牛津釋義
incubate
v
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(a) [I, Tn] keep (eggs) warm, usu by sitting on them, until they hatch 孵（卵）; 孵化
a bird incubating (her eggs) 正在孵卵的鳥.
(b) [I] (of eggs) be kept warm until ready to hatch （指卵）孵化.
2 [I, Tn] (medical or biology 醫(yī)或生) (of bacteria, etc) develop under favourable conditions, esp heat; cause (bacteria, etc) to develop （指細菌等）培養(yǎng); 使（細菌等）繁殖
Some viruses incubate very rapidly. 有些病毒繁殖得很迅速.
incubate germs in a laboratory 在實驗室中培養(yǎng)細菌.
3 [I, Tn] (fig 比喻) (cause sth to) develop slowly and patiently （使某事物）逐漸發(fā)展, 醞釀
plans for revolution that had long been incubating in their minds 他們心中醞釀已久的革命計畫.
?? 擴展釋義
*['inkjubeit]vt. 孵, 培養(yǎng), 使發(fā)展vi. 孵蛋, 潛伏, 筑巢, 孵化, 醞釀n. 孵育物【醫(yī)】 孵育, 孵化
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I'm kind of boring. I really don't have many hobbies.
我這個人沒什么勁。 我真的沒什么愛好。
The sight of the food made my mouth water.
看見食物，我就垂涎欲滴。
He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.
他無疑為成千上萬夢想逃避上學的孩子們創(chuàng)造了一項紀錄。