单词 | hatch |
释义 | hatch (hætʃ ) Word forms: hatches , hatching , hatched 1. verb When a baby bird, insect, or other animal hatches, or when it is hatched, it comes out of its egg by breaking the shell. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow. [VERB] The young disappeared soon after they were hatched. [be VERB-ed] 2. verb When an egg hatches or when a bird, insect, or other animal hatches an egg, the egg breaks open and a baby comes out. The eggs hatch after a week or ten days. [VERB] During these periods the birds will lie on the cage floor as if trying to lay or hatch eggs. [VERB noun] Hatch out means the same as hatch. Seeing the eggs hatch out for the first time is a moment that I will never forget. [VERB PARTICLE] Synonyms: incubate, breed, sit on, brood 3. verb If you hatch a plot or a scheme, you think of it and work it out. They hatched a plot to set fire to the house. [VERB noun] 4. countable noun A hatch is an opening in the deck of a ship, through which people or cargo can go. You can also refer to the door of this opening as a hatch. He stuck his head up through the hatch. All deck fittings, windows, hatches and doors had been fastened. 5. countable noun A hatch is an opening in a ceiling or a wall, especially between a kitchen and a dining room, which you can pass something such as food through. [mainly British] 6. to batten down the hatches phrase If someone battens down the hatches, they prepare themselves so that they will be able to survive a coming difficulty or crisis. Many firms are battening down the hatches and preparing to ride out the storm. Phrasal verbs: hatch out hatch [sense 2] Idioms: go down the hatch to be eaten or drunk, usually quickly or greedily A record £4.4 billion worth of confectionery went down the hatch last year. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hatch a plan A domesticated grizzly bear and a mischievous deer hatch a plan to drive hunters out of their woodland home. The Sun The ecosystem collapses, and while humanity despairs, a few bright scientists hatch a plan to save the day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Together, the duo hatch a plan to get revenge by plotting a daring robbery. The Sun They didn't hatch a plan to form a band who would play 'fuzzy feedback-induced pop songs', it just happened that way. Times, Sunday Times Three bank employees hatch a plan to steal damaged dollar bills that are supposed to be shredded - but they soon draw the attention of the law. The Sun When the financial crisis hits and robs them of their deep-pocketed clientele, they hatch their scheme. Times, Sunday Times To acquire the necessary real estate they hatch a scheme to accuse certain villagers of witchcraft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedy about a debt-ridden man who hatches a scheme to rob a bank. The Sun However, when freedom gets a little dull, he hatches a scheme to rob a string of hotels. The Sun She always hatches a scheme and involves her sister. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She opens a hatch door to the plane's attic and throws out a binder to fool him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The accepted cause of the disappearance was the removal of a 2 by 4 foot hatch door. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each of the many pens inside has an upward sliding hatch door to the west and north controlled from the inside by rope and pulley. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the larvae hatch, she will feed them on honey and pollen, and they will soon metamorphose into worker bees. Times, Sunday Times As the larvae hatch, they munch through their surroundings, leaving holes similar to those made by clothes moths. Times, Sunday Times The larvae hatch out quickly and eat each other as well as floating organic matter. Times, Sunday Times The larvae hatch and grow in the fruit, destroying the fruit's commercial value. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the larvae hatch, they drop down into the water where they develop until pupation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even without a fire it would have taken them at least 90 seconds to open the hatch and escape. Times, Sunday Times Smoke poured from it as they struggled to open the hatch. Times, Sunday Times Two officers finally broke open the hatch above them, giving access to a cabin. Times, Sunday Times Rescuers had prised open a hatch in the vessel's conning tower that had fused shut from the heat, but had not yet been able to gain access, officials said. Times, Sunday Times As she tries and fails to open the hatch, the rock activates the ship's engines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rear hatch supplements the boot in the nose and adds 220 litres of capacity. Times, Sunday Times The doors and the rear hatch have a reassuring heft to them, in stark contrast to the glovebox, which appears to have been made from cereal packets. Times, Sunday Times The rear seats can be rotated to look backwards through the rear hatch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other changes would be a redesigned, more integrated sunshade and spoiler on the rear hatch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was designed with a rear hatch entry through the attached backpack that allows it to be donned relatively quickly (taking approximately five minutes). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 孵化, 舱口/舱口盖 Japanese: 孵化する, 出入り口 |
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