单词 | incubate |
释义 | incubaten. A preparation, or material, that has been incubated. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > experiments > [noun] > a preparation > that has been incubated incubate1959 1959 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 81 4109/2 Aldosterone was the most abundant steroid found in incubates of adrenals from the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. 1972 Nature 22 Dec. 470/2 Biosynthesized 14C-labelled 11 KT was detectable in the control but not in the Cd-damaged tissue incubate. 1973 Biochem. Jrnl. 131 406/2 The incubates were extracted with equal volumes of ethyl acetate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). incubatev. 1. a. transitive. To sit upon (eggs) in order to hatch them; to hatch (eggs) by sitting upon them or by some equivalent process. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > incubate sit1545 couve1601 incubate1721 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To incubate, to brood or hover over, to lie or set upon as a Hen. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Incubated,..brooded or hovered over as by a Bird on her Eggs or Nest. 1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 61 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) They are incubated by the heat of the Sun. 1788 Jenner in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 229 Respecting the Cuckoo: why..it should not build a nest, incubate its eggs? 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 974/1 The egg..had been incubated six days. 1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) viii Still fewer [fishes] nidificate and incubate their ova. b. figurative. To brood upon. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > affectionately or tenderly nourishc1300 cherish1340 fosterc1386 lapc1430 tender1449 nestle1548 nuzzlea1577 brood1618 incubate1641 nurslea1652 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 179 Gods Spirit..must incubate, and brood both, to make them fruitfull. 2. a. intransitive. To sit upon eggs, to brood. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > incubate hatchc1275 couvey1598 couve1601 incubate1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Incubate, v.n., to sit upon eggs. 1788 Jenner in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 230 Many of the birds which incubate have stomachs analogous to those of Cuckoos. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 41 The one that is incubating flutters up with loud cries of distress. b. figurative. To brood. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care or protect [verb (intransitive)] > affectionately or tenderly incubate1660 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] thinkOE thinkOE bethinka1200 umthinka1300 to have mind ofc1300 casta1340 studya1375 delivera1382 to chew the cudc1384 to take advisementa1393 stema1400 compassc1400 advisec1405 deliberc1405 to make it wisec1405 to take deliberationc1405 enter?a1413 riddlec1426 hovec1440 devise?c1450 to study by (also in) oneself?c1450 considerc1460 porec1500 regard1523 deliberate1543 to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546 contemplate1560 consult1565 perpend1568 vise1568 to consider of1569 weigh1573 ruminate1574 dascanc1579 to lay to (one's) heart1588 pondera1593 debate1594 reflect1596 comment1597 perponder1599 revolvea1600 rumine1605 consider on, upon1606 to think twice1623 reflex1631 spell1645 ponderatea1652 to turn about1725 to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736 to wake over1771 incubatea1847 mull1857 fink1888 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. viii. 476 The Spirit of God gently incubated on the World. a1847 M. Napier in Select. Corr. (1879) 508 I wrote this while incubating on my Bills in Edinburgh. 3. Categories » a. intransitive. Pathology. Of a disease: To pass through the process of incubation (incubation n. 3). b. transitive. Biology. To place in an incubator (for developing bacteria); to maintain at a constant degree of warmth that will favour growth or continued survival (e.g. of micro-organisms); more widely, to maintain under given conditions in a controlled or artificial environment. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > place in an incubator incubate1896 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 805 The tubes are capped, shaken and incubated for twenty-four hours. 1912 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 16 171 One volume of a 5 per cent. suspension of erythrocytes in isotonic salt solution was mixed with two volumes of serum in capillary pipettes. The pipettes were incubated at 38°C for two hours and then put in an ice box for twenty-four hours. 1938 Biochem. Jrnl. 32 450 Batches of 100 flasks of Czapek-Dox solution..were sown with..Helminthosporium leersii..and incubated in the dark at 24°. The rate of growth was slow and incubation was continued for 90 days... The mycelium was separated by filtration. 1947 Growth XI. 232 The ability to ferment galactose occurs exclusively in cells that have been grown on galactose, or have been incubated in a galactose solution for a few hours. 1948 Biochem. Jrnl. 43 538/2 The requisite amount of homogenate..is then added and incubated at 37° for 1 hr. 1962 J. E. Harris & L. Gruber in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 373 The second method of study has been that of incubating the lens under various conditions at 37°C for a period of time prior to analysis. 1969 Clin. Sci. XXXVII. 99 The diffusion of glucose and potassium between erythrocytes and their medium was impaired when the red cells were packed by centrifugation and incubated for 48 hr without agitation. 1969 Clin. Sci. XXXVII. 409 Rat liver slices were incubated in serum obtained from normal volunteers and from uraemic patients. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. May 19/3 The inoculated samples were incubated for up to 27 days at various temperatures—0°, 5°, 10° and 20°C. 1970 Biol. Abstr. 51 11404/2 By incubating the seeds for 8 days at 15 C and then for 3 days at 25 C in a non-sterilized soil coming from a rice field..seed resistance to rotting may be estimated. 1971 Nature 19 Nov. 154/1 Because uterine secretions are slightly alkaline, a copper strip was incubated for 18 h in pH 8 carbonate buffer. Derivatives ˈincubated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hatching > that hatches hatchinga1586 incubated1727 1727 [see sense 1a]. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 673/1 The vascular area of the incubated egg. 1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 216 By its own law..The incubated egg unfolded. ˈincubating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [adjective] > incubating incubating1890 1890 Daily News 21 Nov. 3/2 Dr. Koch's lymph..is prepared in an incubating stove within a space which is hermetically sealed and sterilized. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1959v.1641 |
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