| 单词 | hatch |
| 释义 | hatch (once / 522 pages) 1n 2vn 3vn A bird such as a hen that sits on eggs to incubate them can be said to hatch the eggs. Then, when the chick emerges from the egg, you can also say it hatched. Humans don't hatch eggs like birds do, but they can still incubate and then hatch a plan, invention, or idea. You may hatch a plan to surprise a friend for her thirtieth birthday party, but to ensure you don't end up with egg on your face, you should verify your friend isn't actually twenty-nine for the third year in a row! As a noun, a hatch is a trapdoor or other opening in the floor, ceiling, or wall that allows access. WORD FAMILYhatch: hatched, hatchery, hatches, hatching+/hatched: unhatched/hatchery: hatcheries/hatching: hatchings USAGE EXAMPLESWhen the time and price were right, bankers would seek to match the tech giants with a start-up, and a deal would be hatched. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The finding suggests that, at least in terms of hatch times, dinosaurs were more like modern reptiles than birds. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) They are pushed by currents away from the reefs on which they were hatched for days or weeks until they learn to swim. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 n a movable barrier covering a hatchway 2Hypo|Hyper cargo hatch hatch opening into the cargo compartment movable barrier a barrier that can be moved to allow passage 1v emerge from the eggs young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch Syn|Hyper brood, cover, incubate sit on (eggs) be born come into existence through birth 2v sit on (eggs) Syn|Hyper brood, cover, incubate multiply, procreate, reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant 3v devise or invent Syn|Hypo|Hyper concoct, dream up, think of, think up idealise, idealize form ideals cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacturemake up something artificial or untrue mythologise, mythologizeconstruct a myth confabulateunconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory concoct, trump upinvent spinmake up a story vamp, vamp upmake up create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands 4n the production of young from an egg 3Syn|Hyper hatching birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition the process of giving birth 1v inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating Hyper inlay decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal 2v draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper hatch the sheet Hyper line mark with lines 3n shading consisting of multiple crossing lines Syn|Hyper crosshatch, hachure, hatching shading graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting |
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