"strip of wood (especially used to fasten canvas over ships' hatches)," 1650s, anglicized variant of baton "a stick, a staff" (see baton). Nautical use attested from 1769.
batten (v.1)
"to improve; to fatten," 1590s, probably representing an English dialectal survival of Old Norse batna "improve" (cognates: Old English batian, Old Frisian batia, Old High German bazen, Gothic gabatnan "to become better, avail, benefit," Old English bet "better;" also see boot (v.)). Related: Battened; battening.
batten (v.2)
"to furnish with battens," 1775, from batten (n.); phrase batten down recorded from 1823. Related: Battened; battening.
batten 词组搭配
batten down the hatches
(Nautical)secure a ship's tarpaulins
(航海)固定船上的防水油布
batten 英文释义
1. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
2. a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
batten 双语例句
1. It is not fair to batten on one's relatives.
利用亲戚自饱私囊是不应该的.
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2. Can he still batten upon the blood of the employees nowadays?
如今他还能靠榨取雇员的血汗来养肥自己 吗 ?
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3. Capitalists batten on the surplus value created by workers.
资本家靠榨取工人创造的剩余价值而致富.
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4. A large number of spot: 1 CM batten Korea, Mongolia Black Blocks, Slabs.
大量现货: 1CM韩国条板 、 蒙古黑荒料 、 厚板.
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5. The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.
所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击.
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batten 实用场景例句
He was busy battening down all the shutters and doors.
他正忙着用板条钉牢所有的百叶窗和门。
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...a batten to support the base timbers.
用来支撑底部木头的板条
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The roof was never securely battened down.
屋顶板条一直没钉牢。
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...big pine shutters that could be battened against the noonday sun.
钉上大块的松木窗板可以遮挡中午的太阳
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Some linen fabrics were torn in Hatch No.3 owing to the lack of cargo batten.
由于缺少护舱板,三舱有许多亚麻织品撕破了.
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The hilly areas make good sheep pasture; sheep will batten on the lush grass.
这一带山区是很好的牧羊场, 羊吃了茂盛的青草会长得肥肥的.
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As a storm was brewing the crew received orders to batten down the hatches.
风暴要来了,船员们奉命封舱.
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It is not fair to batten on one's relatives.
利用亲戚自饱私囊是不应该的.
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Can he still batten upon the blood of the employees nowadays?
如今他还能靠榨取雇员的血汗来养肥自己 吗 ?
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Capitalists batten on the surplus value created by workers.
资本家靠榨取工人创造的剩余价值而致富.
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The rich batten on the poor.
富人靠剥削穷人发财.
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A large number of spot: 1 CM batten Korea, Mongolia Black Blocks, Slabs.
大量现货: 1CM韩国条板 、 蒙古黑荒料 、 厚板.
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Anesthesia in a child with Batten disease.
在与麻醉氏症的孩子.
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We cannot accept a system a favored few can batten in extreme comfort while other toil.
生活,养得肥头大耳,而大多数人却在辛劳地工作,这样的制度我们决不能接受.
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The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.
所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击.
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The clamp is secured to the window edge, and the batten slipped through the clamp.
夹子固定在窗边上, 板条从夹子里滑了出来.
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Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches.
另一个和航海相关的词语是battendownthehatches(做好准备).
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Use square batten and across of round batten freely to build form combination to wear.
利用方木条和圆木条纵横交叉搭构成组合架.
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Most people batten down the hatches and look up in the month.
大多数人都腾下来,舱口和看在一个月.
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There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.
暴风雨快来了, 让我们封舱吧.
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They were warned against the companies who batten on the efforts of others.
