• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • VERB
    孵化;孵(卵)
    When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.
    例句
    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 body incubates or is incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.
    例句
    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 ideas incubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.
    例句
    ...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