| 单词 | hatches |
| 释义 | hatch1 /hach/noun
To close as with a hatch ORIGIN: OE hæcc, hæc grating, half-gate, hatch; cf hack3, heck2; Du hek gate hatchˈback noun (a car with) a sloping rear door which opens upwards hatch beams plural noun Timber balks across a hatch on which the hatch covering planks rest hatch boat noun A kind of half-decked fishing-boat hatch coamings same as coamings (see coaming). hatchˈway noun An opening with a hinged or sliding door in a deck, floor, wall or roof down the hatch (informal) Said when about to drink something, esp alcohol, meaning ‘your health’, ‘cheers’ under hatches
hatch2 /hach/transitive verb
ORIGIN: Early ME hacchen, from an assumed OE hæccean hatchˈer noun hatchˈery noun A place for artificial hatching, esp of fish eggs hatchˈling noun A bird or reptile newly hatched count one's chickens before they are hatched see under chick1 hatches, matches and dispatches (informal) Newspaper announcements of births, marriages and deaths hatch3 /hach/transitive verbTo mark with fine (usu diagonal) lines, incisions, or inlaid or applied strips ORIGIN: OFr hacher to chop hatchˈing noun Shading in fine lines |
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