incubate: [18] Latin incubāre, the source of English incubate, meant literally ‘lie down on’. It was based on the verb cubāre ‘lie’, which also produced English concubine and cubicle. The notion of ‘lying on eggs to hatch them’ seems later to have fed back into the simple verb cubāre, which in this sense gave English couvade ‘male mimicking of child-bearing’ [19] (an anthropological term borrowed from French) and covey [14].
Another English descendant of incubāre is incubus ‘male demon that has sex with a sleeping woman’ [14], literally ‘one who lies down on another’ (its counterpart is the succubus ‘female demon that has sex with a sleeping man’ [16], literally ‘one who lies down under another’). The nasalized version of the stem of Latin cubāre gave English incumbent [16] (which etymologically means ‘resting upon as a duty’) and recumbent [17]. => cubicle, concubine, covey, incubus, incumbent, recumbent, succubus, succumb
incubate (v.)
1640s, "to brood upon, watch jealously" (which also was a figurative sense of Latin incubare); 1721 as "to sit on eggs to hatch them," from Latin incubatus, past participle of incubare "to lie in or upon" (see incubation). Related: Incubated; incubating.
incubate 英文释义
1. develop under favorable conditions, such as germs and bacteria
2. sit on (eggs);
"Birds brood"
"The female covers the eggs"
incubate 双语例句
1. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.
蛋孵化需要的时间是九到十天.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. 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。
来自辞典例句
4. Incubate all the containers containing medium for not more than 5 days.
培养所有含有培养基的容器,培养时间不超过5天.
来自互联网
5. Incubate the inoculated media for not less than 14 days.
将接种后的培养基培养不少于14天.
来自互联网
incubate 实用场景例句
The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Incubate all the containers containing medium for not more than 5 days.
培养所有含有培养基的容器,培养时间不超过5天.
期刊摘选
When you incubate the pulp, it helps the cells to break down even more.
培养果泥的过程, 有助于细胞更加分解.
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Male birds feed their monogamous partners as they incubate clutches of eggs — typically three per season.
雄性鸟喂养他们一夫一妻制的伙伴,因为他们孵化窝蛋-通常每3个季节.
期刊摘选
The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.
蛋孵化需要的时间是九到十天.
《简明英汉词典》
Meanwhile, we should actively drive ahead the reform on economic and financial system incubate capital market.
同时, 积极推进经济金融体制改革,加快现代企业制度建设,培育资本市场.
期刊摘选
Incubate the inoculated media for not less than 14 days.
将接种后的培养基培养不少于14天.
期刊摘选
Avian ecology people the incubate process that watches Guo Ying continuously with Gaobei binoculars.
鸟类生态学家们用高倍望远镜连续观察过鹰的筑巢过程.
期刊摘选
We try to incubate black mould in biology class.
微生物课上,我们试着培养黑霉.
期刊摘选
The egg size is ( 35.4±1.3 ) mmx ( 27.9±1.2 ) mm. The parents incubate in turn.
卵大小均值为 ( 35.4土1.3 ) mmx ( 27.9士1.2 ) mm, 卵质量均值为14.3土0.99.
期刊摘选
Mix well and incubate microtubes at 37� � C for 5 min.
混合均匀后将各离心管放入37°C水浴器中反应五分钟.
期刊摘选
Some viruses incubate very rapidly.
有些病毒繁殖得很迅速.
期刊摘选
Incubate under anaerobic conditions for the duration of the incubation period.
在厌氧条件下培养,培养时间同培养期.
期刊摘选
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。
辞典例句
The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
