incubate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A preparation, or material, that has been incubated.

动词 v.

To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions. transitive

— The places where the birds are nesting are interesting spots to visit. Both parents incubate and the scene is animated as the birds fly about in all directions.
To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it. figuratively,transitive

— It was a habit he developed, of incubating and maturing his thought upon a subject, and of then rushing into the type-writer with it.

词形变化

incubates present,singular,third-person incubating participle,present incubated participle,past incubated past incubates plural

词汇关系

衍生词

coincubate incubatee incubation incubative incubator nonincubated preincubate reincubate unincubated

词源

词源 1

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).

词源 2

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incubātus, an alternative to incubitus, perfect passive participle of incubō (“to hatch”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + cubō (“to lie”).