incubate

英 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪt]

美 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪt]

v.  孵(卵); 孵化; 培养(细胞、细菌等); 有(传染病在体内)潜伏

过去分词：incubated　过去式：incubated　现在分词：incubating　第三人称单数：incubates　复数：incubates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10932 / COCA.18723

同义词辨析

broodhatchincubate【导航词义：孵化】

牛津词典

verb

• 孵（卵）；孵化
  to sit on its eggs in order to keep them warm until they hatch
• 培养（细胞、细菌等）
  to keep cells, bacteria, etc. at a suitable temperature so that they develop
• 有（传染病在体内）潜伏
  to have an infectious disease developing inside you before symptoms (= signs of illness) appear
• 潜伏
  to develop slowly without showing any signs

柯林斯词典

• VERB 孵化;孵（卵）
  When birdsincubatetheir eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.
  1. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
     鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。
• V-ERG (使)(病毒)潜伏
  When a germ in your bodyincubatesoris incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.
  1. The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
     病毒在初次感染以后可以潜伏长达 10 天。
• VERB 酝酿;逐渐发展
  If you say that plans or ideasincubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.
  1. ...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years.
     无疑已在他头脑中酝酿了多年的重大决定

英英释义

verb

• sit on (eggs)
  1. Birds brood
  2. The female covers the eggs
  Synonym:broodhatchcover
• grow under conditions that promote development

双语例句

• Though you need to have places you can incubate things, you also need to innovate from the core, he said.
  我们需要一些能够孵化新东西的部门，但也需要从核心出发来创新，他说。
• Incubate samples at4 ℃ overnight or at room temperature for4 hours.
  请在4℃的条件下，作隔夜培养。或是在室温下培养4小时。
• Large-footed short-winged birds of australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
  澳大利亚大脚短翅的鸟；用腐草建造土堆以在其中孵蛋。
• While it is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot, such as showers or bathhouses, the disease requires a warm moist environment, such as the inside of a shoe, in order to incubate.
  脚气通常在潮湿公共区域的习惯赤脚走路的人之间传播，如淋浴房或浴室，这种病需要温暖潮湿的环境，如鞋的内侧，以滋生真菌。
• Taiwan, not China as before, is now the best place to incubate young inventors, argues John Chen, senior director and consultant with the Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute in Taipei.
  台北的市场情报与咨询研究所的高级助管兼顾问JohnChen说，以前是中国，而现在是台湾，才是孵化年轻发明家的最好的地方。
• Recombinant technology which uses genetic modification to incubate the flu proteins in faster-growing insect cells could help carve out the vital time that scientists need to more accurately target influenza strains that will circulate during the upcoming season.
  重组技术通过基因手段在成长速度更快的昆虫细胞中孵化流感蛋白质，从而可以为科学家节省更多宝贵的时间，更精确地确定下一季可能爆发的流感病毒变种。
• In this article the author discuss at the information society and knowledge economy time, we must important that apply new education technology to raise school teaching quality, so that incubate adapt to society demand new human being.
  本文探讨了在当今的信息化社会和知识经济时代，应该重视应用教育技术，以提高教学质量，从而培养出适应社会需要的新型人才。
• Penguin eggs incubate on the feet of the males.
  企鹅蛋是在雄企鹅脚上孵化的。
• But it will also incubate ideas via the Internet, work with local partners and explore other options, such as stores within stores.
  但同时也将酝酿网络销售的想法、与本土企业合作，并探索店中店等其它选择。
• Incubate under anaerobic conditions for the duration of the incubation period.
  在厌氧条件下培养，培养时间同培养期。