| 单词 | incubate |
| 释义 | incubate —incubative, adj. /in"kyeuh bayt', ing"-/, v. , incubated, incubating. v.t. 1. to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching. 2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting upon them or by artificial heat. 3. to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other conditions promoting development, as cultures of bacteria or prematurely born infants. 4. to develop or produce as if by hatching; give form to: His brain was incubating schemes for raising money. v.i. 5. to sit upon eggs. 6. to undergo incubation. 7. to develop; grow; take form: A plan was slowly incubating in her mind. [1635-45; < L incubatus ptp. of incubare to lie or recline on, to sit on (eggs), equiv. to in- IN-2 + cub(are) to sit, lie down + -atus -ATE1; cf. INCUMBENT, CONCUBINE] |
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