单词详解

1. vt.

A. 孵化 （ sit on (eggs) ）

A hen is hatching chickens. 母鸡正在孵化小鸡。

B. 孵出，破壳而出（emerge from the eggs）

These cute chickens have already hatched. 这些可爱的小鸡已经孵出来了。

C. 秘密策划（devise or invent）

They hatched a plot to murder the princess. 他们谋划杀害王子。

2. n.

开口，活板门；舱口（a movable barrier covering a hatchway）

Open the hatch quickly. 快点翻开舱门。

相关词组

1. hatch out 孵出；策划

The chicks hatched out after twenty days. 小鸡过二十天就孵出来了。

2. down the hatch 干杯（饮酒前朋友之间的互祝之词）

Let's drink to the news that he has found the girl of his dreams. Down the hatch!

让我们举杯祝贺他找到了梦想中的女孩，干杯！

3. under the hatches 在甲板下面

As a storm was coming, the crew received orders to batten down the hatches.

风暴要来了，船员们奉命封舱。

相关单词

复数：hatches

过去式：hatched

过去分词：hatched

现在分词：hatching

第三人称单数：hatches

同义词：door, brood