incubation
英 [??kj?'be??(?)n]
美[,??kju'be??n]
- n. 孵化；[病毒][醫(yī)] 潛伏；抱蛋
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
英文詞源
- incubation (n.)
- 1610s, "brooding," from Latin incubationem (nominative incubatio) "a laying upon eggs," noun of action from past participle stem of incubare "to hatch," literally "to lie on, rest on," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + cubare "to lie" (see cubicle). The literal sense of "sitting on eggs to hatch them" first recorded in English 1640s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs.
- 雄性信天翁參與孵卵。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The four stages of creative thought are preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification.
- 創(chuàng)造性思考的四個(gè)階段是準(zhǔn)備 、 沉思 、 啟迪 、 求證.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. The illness has an incubation period of up to 11 days.
- 該病有長(zhǎng)達(dá)11天的潛伏期。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. The incubation time for incipient precipitation is often a minute or more.
- 出現(xiàn)沉淀的孕育時(shí)間常常需要一分鐘或更多的時(shí)間.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. The incubation period usually is 8 to 14 days.
- 潛伏期通常為8-14天.
來(lái)自辭典例句