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

• It took four days for the plague to incubate.
  潜伏四天后瘟疫形成了。
• 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。
• The size of the batch depends on how many eggs a manufacturer can obtain, inoculate and incubate.
  每一批的数量取决于生产商能获得多少只鸡蛋，给多少只鸡蛋注入病毒和进行培养。
• The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.
  蛋孵化需要的时间是九到十天。
• Some veterans think many will close, just as many of the projects they incubate will fail.
  某些资深人士认为，大量创业加速器项目都将倒闭，就像它们培养的初创项目会失败一样。
• 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。
• Physiologically ready to incubate eggs.
  生理上易于孵化卵的。
• Our aim is similar – to groom and incubate new concepts into the leading internet enterprises of the new generation.
  斗谷的理念也是相同：我们的目标是培养有潜力的网站概念成为新一代中国的领先网络企业。
• The projects will incubate the latest courses co-developed with universities, promote the development of technologies and products, and eventually accelerate the corporate and social application of new technologies.
  和大学联合开发最新课程、研发技术和产品，并最终加速实现新技术为企业和社会应用。
• Penguin eggs incubate on the feet of the males.
  企鹅蛋是在雄企鹅脚上孵化的。