Word · Frequency #10932
incubating
孵；孵化
incubating is the present participle of incubate.
核心释义
to sit on or artificially keep eggs at a suitable temperature so that they hatch
- 1.
通过提供理想环境条件来孵化、养育或维持蛋、生物体或活体组织。
To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
- 2.
比喻性地深思熟虑地构思一个想法,如同准备孵化它。
To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
培养；使发展；潜伏；酝酿；通过提供理想环境条件来孵化、养育或维持蛋、生物体或活体组织。；比喻性地深思熟虑地构思一个想法,如同准备孵化它。
用法In use
The mother bird incubated her eggs carefully until they hatched.
用法提示：这里 incubate 作及物动词，表示鸟用体温让蛋在适宜条件下孵化。
The lab assistant incubated the samples at 37 degrees Celsius for 24 hours.
用法提示：这里 incubate 作及物动词，表示在受控温度和条件下培养细菌或细胞等。
The idea for her novel had been incubating for years before she started writing.
用法提示：这里 incubate 作不及物动词，表示想法、计划等在头脑中逐渐发展成形。
incubate something
及物用法，宾语常为卵、微生物或细胞，表示在适宜条件下培养或孵化。
The laboratory incubates the bacterial samples overnight.
实验室把细菌样本培养了一整夜。
incubate (somewhere/for some time)
不及物用法，主语为被孵化的卵或潜伏的病原体，不需接宾语。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- incubate eggs
- 孵蛋
- The hen incubates her eggs in the nest.母鸡在窝里孵蛋。
- incubate bacteria
- 培养细菌
- The laboratory incubated the bacteria at 37°C overnight.实验室在37摄氏度下培养了这些细菌一夜。
- incubate a startup
- 孵化初创企业
- This tech park incubates more than fifty startups a year.这个科技园每年孵化五十多家初创企业。
- virus incubates
- 病毒潜伏
- The virus can incubate in the body for several days before symptoms appear.病毒可在体内潜伏数日后才出现症状。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把蛋放进恒温箱（incubator）里孵，联想母鸡抱蛋暖着，让想法也在温暖环境里慢慢培养。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：laboratory and biology、medicine/clinical、business/startup 多用于正式或专业语境，如实验室孵化、医学潜伏期和商业孵化项目；日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词都以 -ate 结尾，通常读作 /eɪt/，与 incubate 的尾部发音相同。但注意 -ate 也可能读成 /ɪt/ 或 /ət/，如 private /ˈpraɪvɪt/、chocolate /ˈtʃɒklət/、climate /ˈklaɪmɪt/；此外 graduate 作名词或形容词时读 /ˈɡrædʒuət/。
用法优先级Usage priority
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