| 釋義 |
incubate /'mkjubeit; hnkjaybet/ vt, vi [VP6A, 2A] 1 hafch (eggs) by sitting on them or by artificial warmth; sit on eggs. 孵(卵); 人工孵(卵); 孵卵。 2 (of bacteria, etc) develop under favourable conditions. (指細(xì)菌等)在有利情況下培養(yǎng)。 in eu bs tion /.mkju'beijn; jnkjabejan/ n 1 hatching (of eggs): 孵卵; 孵花: artificial incubation, hatching by artificial warmth. 人工孵卵。 2 incubation (period), (path) (of a disease) period between infection and the appearance of the first symptoms. (病理)(指疾病)潛決期。 incubator /-ts(r); -tv/ n apparatus for hatching eggs by artificial warmth or for rearing small, weak babies (esp those born prematurely), 人工孵卵器; 育嬰箱(培育身體弱小之嬰兒,特指早產(chǎn)兒)。 |