| 单词 | incubate |
| 释义 | incubate (once / 2953 pages) v When a chicken sits on an egg, it incubates it. To incubate means to keep something safe and warm so that it can grow. The word can be used metaphorically to mean to keep something safe in order for it to have time to grow. You incubate a plan or an idea before bringing it into the world, or, metaphorically speaking, hatching it. Premature or particularly small babies are placed into an incubator when they are born. This warm, clean environment helps them to grow. WORD FAMILYincubate: incubated, incubates, incubating, incubation, incubator+/incubation: incubations/incubator: incubators USAGE EXAMPLES“What would be really interesting now is to see if small theropod dinosaurs like Velociraptor also incubated slowly,” Brusatte says. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) “We incubated the unit separately because it would otherwise have been killed by the main organisation,” explains Bill Ruh, who heads GE Digital. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) It incubates more startups than anywhere else in the world. Salon(Nov 30, 2016) 1v grow under conditions that promote development Hyper develop grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment 2v sit on (eggs) Syn|Hyper brood, cover, hatch hatch emerge from the eggs multiply, procreate, reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
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