hatch

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Related topics: Birds

hatch1 /hætʃ/ verb

(also hatch out) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBB if an egg hatches, or if it is hatched, it breaks, letting the young bird, insect etc come out (使)〔蛋〕孵化

The eggs take three days to hatch.

这些蛋要三天时间才能孵化。

2 (also hatch out) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBB if a young bird, insect etc hatches, or if it is hatched, it comes out of its egg (使)〔幼禽、幼虫等〕孵出，破壳而出

All the chicks have hatched out.

小鸡都已孵出。

3. hatch a plot/plan/deal etc to form a plan etc in secret 策划阴谋/秘密计划/密谋交易等

Examples from the Corpus

hatch• Most pairs in Britain lay in the middle two weeks of May, with the eggs hatching 12 or 13 days later.• Breeze, who had hatched a good many herself, quickened her steps to a run, for her two friends were waiting.• The well-wrapped single egg then hatches, and the larva eats its home as its parent leaves.• The eggs should hatch any day now.• He has, in addition, hatched his own solution to the challenge of balancing love and work.• The court heard that a desperate financial crisis and debts of more than £40,000 drove Shooter to hatch his unsuccessful plot.• Millions of mosquito eggs will have hatched out by May.• All three seeds hatch the same adult.• The egg is hatched without any direct help from either parent.

Related topics: Water, House, Buildings

hatch2 noun [countableC]

1 TTATTWa hole in a ship or aircraft, usually used for loading goods, or the door that covers it 〔船、飞机上的〕舱口；舱门

escape hatch (=a hole in an aircraft etc through which you can escape) 逃逸舱口，应急离机口

2. (also hatchway)DHHTBB a small hole in the wall, floor, or ceiling of a room, or the door that covers it 〔墙、地板上的〕开口；活板门

3. down the hatch spoken informal something you say before drinking an alcoholic drink quickly 干杯

Examples from the Corpus

down the hatch• After all, up the lads and down the hatch.• The chain has battened down the hatches in the face of the storms.• Nirvana Inc battened down the hatches and made to ride out the storm.

Examples from the Corpus

hatch• The astronauts were fixing a hatch aboard the Mir space station.• Its designer shows how it can be fitted through a small kayak hatch in its assembled state.• The glassy rear hatch opens wide and the boot has low loading lip.• The oil spill will affect next spring's hatch.• Did some one forget to close the hatch?• She had fallen from the hatch.• Kalchu went to the chicken coop and lifted the hatch.

escape hatch• There was also an escape hatch in the inner hard cocoon.• The two sides were now on a collision course: Khrushchev could not allow West Berlin to remain as an escape hatch.• Kids are looking for an escape hatch from the pressures of home.• Although normally kept shut, there is an escape hatch for the after cabin in each of the cockpit seats.• Another escape hatch that Olson slams shut upon us is the device of distinguishing between Pound-the-man and Pound-the-poet.• Even more important, birth control has a crucial escape hatch.• Unlike the cecropia and promethea moths, however, these two do not have built-in escape hatches for the emerging adults.• Taking hold of a strong branch, he finally cleared the escape hatch with his legs and dropped to the ground.• Some experts suggested that the escape hatch might have been damaged.

Origin hatch1

(1400-1500) Origin unknown

hatch2

Old English hæc

词汇	hatch
释义	hatch Word family nounhatchbackhatchwayhatcherhatcheryhatchlinghatchhatching Related topics: Birds hatch1 /hætʃ/ ●○○ verb 1 (also hatch out) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBB if an egg hatches, or if it is hatched, it breaks, letting the young bird, insect etc come out (使)〔蛋〕孵化 The eggs take three days to hatch. 这些蛋要三天时间才能孵化。 2 (also hatch out) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBB if a young bird, insect etc hatches, or if it is hatched, it comes out of its egg (使)〔幼禽、幼虫等〕孵出，破壳而出 All the chicks have hatched out. 小鸡都已孵出。 3. hatch a plot/plan/deal etc to form a plan etc in secret 策划阴谋/秘密计划/密谋交易等 Examples from the Corpus hatch• Most pairs in Britain lay in the middle two weeks of May, with the eggs hatching 12 or 13 days later.• Breeze, who had hatched a good many herself, quickened her steps to a run, for her two friends were waiting.• The well-wrapped single egg then hatches, and the larva eats its home as its parent leaves.• The eggs should hatch any day now.• He has, in addition, hatched his own solution to the challenge of balancing love and work.• The court heard that a desperate financial crisis and debts of more than £40,000 drove Shooter to hatch his unsuccessful plot.• Millions of mosquito eggs will have hatched out by May.• All three seeds hatch the same adult.• The egg is hatched without any direct help from either parent. Related topics: Water, House, Buildings hatch2 noun [countableC] 1 TTATTWa hole in a ship or aircraft, usually used for loading goods, or the door that covers it 〔船、飞机上的〕舱口；舱门 escape hatch (=a hole in an aircraft etc through which you can escape) 逃逸舱口，应急离机口 2. (also hatchway)DHHTBB a small hole in the wall, floor, or ceiling of a room, or the door that covers it 〔墙、地板上的〕开口；活板门 3. down the hatch spoken informal something you say before drinking an alcoholic drink quickly 干杯 Examples from the Corpus down the hatch• After all, up the lads and down the hatch.• The chain has battened down the hatches in the face of the storms.• Nirvana Inc battened down the hatches and made to ride out the storm. Examples from the Corpus hatch• The astronauts were fixing a hatch aboard the Mir space station.• Its designer shows how it can be fitted through a small kayak hatch in its assembled state.• The glassy rear hatch opens wide and the boot has low loading lip.• The oil spill will affect next spring's hatch.• Did some one forget to close the hatch?• She had fallen from the hatch.• Kalchu went to the chicken coop and lifted the hatch. escape hatch• There was also an escape hatch in the inner hard cocoon.• The two sides were now on a collision course: Khrushchev could not allow West Berlin to remain as an escape hatch.• Kids are looking for an escape hatch from the pressures of home.• Although normally kept shut, there is an escape hatch for the after cabin in each of the cockpit seats.• Another escape hatch that Olson slams shut upon us is the device of distinguishing between Pound-the-man and Pound-the-poet.• Even more important, birth control has a crucial escape hatch.• Unlike the cecropia and promethea moths, however, these two do not have built-in escape hatches for the emerging adults.• Taking hold of a strong branch, he finally cleared the escape hatch with his legs and dropped to the ground.• Some experts suggested that the escape hatch might have been damaged. Origin hatch1 (1400-1500) Origin unknown hatch2 Old English hæc
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