incubates是什么意思？

incubates

• v. （卵）被孵化( incubate的第三人称单数 )，孵（卵），<医>潜伏，逐渐形成；

例句

• South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back. 南美洲蛙; 在其背部皮肤的凹坑里培育其幼子.
• Australian moundbird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds. 澳大利亚冢雉; 通常在沙堆中孵蛋.

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