英语词汇“batten”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

battenbatten1 /ˈbæt˺n/ verb

VERB TABLE

batten

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	batten
	he, she, it	battens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	battened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have battened
	he, she, it	has battened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had battened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will batten
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have battened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am battening
	he, she, it	is battening
	you, we, they	are battening
Past	I, he, she, it	was battening
	you, we, they	were battening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been battening
	he, she, it	has been battening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been battening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be battening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been battening

batten down the hatches a)informal to prepare for a period of difficulty or trouble: Businesses are focused on survival – everyone’s battening down the hatches. b)to firmly close the entrances to the lower part of a ship or submarine

verb | noun

battenbatten2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYbatten²

Origin: 1600-1700 French bâton; ➔ BATON

a long narrow piece of wood that boards or shingles are fastened to, or that is attached to other pieces of wood to keep them in place