incubation

英 [ˌɪŋkjuˈbeɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪŋkjuˈbeɪʃn]

n.  孵(卵); 孵化; (传染病的)潜伏期; (细菌等的)繁殖

复数：incubations　

GRETEM8医学

BNC.13345 / COCA.19334

牛津词典

noun

• 孵（卵）；孵化
  the hatching of eggs
• （传染病的）潜伏期
  the time between sb being infected with a disease and the appearance of the first symptoms (= signs)
• （细菌等的）繁殖
  the development and growth of bacteria, etc.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 孵化;孵（卵）
  When birdsincubatetheir eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.
  1. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
     鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。
• V-ERG (使)(病毒)潜伏
  When a germ in your bodyincubatesoris incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.
  1. 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。
• VERB 酝酿;逐渐发展
  If you say that plans or ideasincubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.
  1. ...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

英英释义

noun

• maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
• sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
  Synonym:brooding
• (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear

双语例句

• The incubation period is from a few and up to48 hours.
  潜伏期从几小时至48小时。
• The incubation period may last for a few days to several years, but it is usually3to8weeks.
  潜伏期通常是3至8个星期，也可能是几天至一年。
• Transmission, life-cycle and incubation period
  传播、生命周期和潜伏期
• In this species, either parent may decide to abandon its partner after incubation of the eggs.
  在这个物种里，父母中任何一方都可能在孵卵后抛弃伴侣。
• The incubation period is two weeks.
  该疾病的潜伏期为两星期。
• The incubation time for incipient precipitation is often a minute or more.
  出现沉淀的孕育时间常常需要一分钟或更多的时间。
• WHO has also reviewed estimates of the incubation period of SARS, using individual case data.
  WHO也用个体病例数据修订了对SARS潜伏期的估计。
• After a long incubation period, plans for the new fire station were finally proposed.
  在长时间的酝酿之后，终于提出了建新消防站的计划。
• The sex of reptiles is determined by the temperature during incubation of the eggs in which they are contained.
  爬行动物的性别是由容纳它们的卵在孵化期间的温度决定的。
• The first two, known as the rumen, are essentially vast incubation chambers teeming with bacteria and protozoa.
  头两个胃称为瘤胃，实际是充满了细菌与原生动物的大型培养室。