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hatch2 /htj; haetj/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 2A] (cause to) break out (of an egg): 孵(卵); 孵(雞); 使(自卵中)孵出： ~ an egg; 孵卵; ~ chickens. 孵小雞。 When will the eggs ~? 這些蛋何時(shí)孵出小雞？ Three chickens ~ed today. 今天有三只小雞孵出來了。 Don't count one's chickens before they're ~ed,(prov) Don't rely too much upon sth which is uncertain. (諺)不要在蛋尙未孵出時(shí)先數(shù)雞(勿過份指望沒有把握之事)。 2 [VP6A] think out and produce (a plot, etc). 策劃(計(jì)謀等)。 ~ery /'haetfan; 'kset/sri/ n (pl -ries) place for ~ing (esp fish): 孵卵處(尤指魚卵孵化處)： a 'trout—ery. 鱒魚孵化處。 Cf 參較 incubator, for chicks. 孵雞器。 |