incubate

incubate

英 ['ɪŋkjʊbeɪt]
　　美 ['ɪŋkjubet]

vt. 孵化；培養；溫育；逐漸發展
　　vi. 孵化；醞釀
　　n. 孵育物

中文詞源：

incubate 孵化，培養細菌

in-,進入，使，在上面，-cub,躺，詞源同cubicle,succumb.即躺在上面，引申詞義孵化，培養。

例句：

1. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
鳥兒回到巢裡繼續孵卵。

2. The time needed for the eggs to incubate is nine or ten days.
蛋孵化需要的時間是九到十天.

3. The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
病毒在初次感染以後可以潛伏長達10天。

4. Incubate all the containers containing medium for not more than 5 days.
培養所有含有培養基的容器,培養時間不超過5天.

5. Incubate the inoculated media for not less than 14 days.
將接種後的培養基培養不少於14天.