incubation
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美[,??kju'be??n]
- n. 孵化；[病毒][醫] 潛伏；抱蛋
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.
雙語例句
- 1. Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs.
- 雄性信天翁參與孵卵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The four stages of creative thought are preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification.
- 創造性思考的四個階段是準備 、 沉思 、 啟迪 、 求證.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. The illness has an incubation period of up to 11 days.
- 該病有長達11天的潛伏期。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The incubation time for incipient precipitation is often a minute or more.
- 出現沉淀的孕育時間常常需要一分鐘或更多的時間.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The incubation period usually is 8 to 14 days.
- 潛伏期通常為8-14天.
來自辭典例句