| 单词 | batten down the hatches |
| 释义 | batten down the hatches in British Englisha. to use battens in nailing a tarpaulin over a hatch on a ship to make it secure b. to prepare for action, a crisis, etc batten down the hatches in American English to fasten canvas over the hatches, esp. in preparing for a storm batten down the hatchesto prepare for a difficult situation by doing everything you can to protect yourself There is evidence that other banks are battening down the hatches amid rising baddebts and escalating wholesale borrowing costs. Examples of 'batten down the hatches' in a sentence |
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