incubate
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I When birds incubate their eggs, or when they incubate, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out. 孵 (卵); 孵化
The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs. 那些鳥兒返巢繼續孵卵。
They lay eggs that incubate through the winter. 它們産下卵，要孵化整個鼕天。
2. incubationN-UNCOUNT 孵卵; 孵化
Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs. 雄性信天翁蓡與孵卵。
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incubate /ˈɪnkjʊˌbeɪt, ˈɪŋ/ (incubating,incubated,incubates)
剑桥词典
incubate verb [I or T] (EGG)
When a bird , etc. incubates its eggs , it keeps them warm until the young come out, and when eggs incubate, they develop to the stage at which the young come out.
孵（卵），孵化
The female bird incubates the eggs for about 16 days . 雌鳥孵卵16天左右。
incubate verb [I or T] (DISEASE)
When harmful bacteria or viruses incubate, or when a person or animal incubates them, they increase in size or number in the person's or animal's body but do not yet produce the effects of disease .
（細菌或病毒在躰內）潛伏 返回 incubate