incubate

英 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪt]

美 [ˈɪŋkjubeɪt]

v.  孵(卵); 孵化; 培养(细胞、细菌等); 有(传染病在体内)潜伏

过去分词：incubated　过去式：incubated　现在分词：incubating　第三人称单数：incubates　复数：incubates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10932 / COCA.18723

同义词辨析

broodhatchincubate【导航词义：孵化】

牛津词典

verb

• 孵（卵）；孵化
  to sit on its eggs in order to keep them warm until they hatch
• 培养（细胞、细菌等）
  to keep cells, bacteria, etc. at a suitable temperature so that they develop
• 有（传染病在体内）潜伏
  to have an infectious disease developing inside you before symptoms (= signs of illness) appear
• 潜伏
  to develop slowly without showing any signs

柯林斯词典

• VERB 孵化;孵（卵）
  When birdsincubatetheir eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.
  1. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
     鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。
• V-ERG (使)(病毒)潜伏
  When a germ in your bodyincubatesoris incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.
  1. The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
     病毒在初次感染以后可以潜伏长达 10 天。
• VERB 酝酿;逐渐发展
  If you say that plans or ideasincubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.
  1. ...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years.
     无疑已在他头脑中酝酿了多年的重大决定

英英释义

verb

• sit on (eggs)
  1. Birds brood
  2. The female covers the eggs
  Synonym:broodhatchcover
• grow under conditions that promote development

双语例句

• The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.
  蛋孵化需要的时间是九到十天。
• You incubate a product in an atmosphere where that product is best incubated.
  你孵化一个产品，会选择最适合孵化它的环境。
• Our aim is similar – to groom and incubate new concepts into the leading internet enterprises of the new generation.
  斗谷的理念也是相同：我们的目标是培养有潜力的网站概念成为新一代中国的领先网络企业。
• Recombinant technology which uses genetic modification to incubate the flu proteins in faster-growing insect cells could help carve out the vital time that scientists need to more accurately target influenza strains that will circulate during the upcoming season.
  重组技术通过基因手段在成长速度更快的昆虫细胞中孵化流感蛋白质，从而可以为科学家节省更多宝贵的时间，更精确地确定下一季可能爆发的流感病毒变种。
• The EMFT project was initiated to incubate new technologies that extend or complement EMF.
  EMFT项目的发起旨在酝酿扩展或补充EMF的新技术。
• The projects will incubate the latest courses co-developed with universities, promote the development of technologies and products, and eventually accelerate the corporate and social application of new technologies.
  和大学联合开发最新课程、研发技术和产品，并最终加速实现新技术为企业和社会应用。
• As discussed in my last Comment lines article, we are continuing to incubate new cloud applications to support new delivery and deployment models.
  正如我的上一篇“评论专栏”文章所讨论的，我们在不断孵化新的云应用程序来支持新的交付和部署模型。
• We try to incubate black mould in biology class.
  微生物课上，我们试着培养黑霉。
• The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
  病毒在初次感染以后可以潜伏长达10天。
• The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
  鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。