hatchery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhæt͡ʃəɹi/|/ˈhæt͡ʃɹi/    美 /ˈhæt͡ʃəɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A (commercial) facility where eggs, especially those of fish or poultry, are hatched under artificial conditions.
    — [A]s the interior of the hatchery was necessarily gloomy and dingy, otherwise it could not have answered its objects, a hole was pierced through the wall, large enough to place an egg in; and through this orifice it was examined [to see if the chicken egg was fertilized], with the aid of the sun-blaze outside.
  2. A place where something is fostered or nurtured; a nursery. figuratively
    — [T]he TVA [Tennessee Valley Authority] is itself a hatchery of public enterprise, as in the disposal of electric power it is required by statute to give preference to States, counties, municipalities, and non-profit co-operative associations.

词形变化

hatcheries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hatcheryman subhatchery
相关词
hatch hatcher hatchling

词源

Etymology tree
English hatch
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English hatchery
From hatch (verb) + -ery (suffix denoting a place where an art, craft, or practice is carried out).
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