Hatch



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 船舱盖
• ［英］ n. 船舱盖 ( a covering for a ship's hatchway)
• ［类］ door : room / hatch : hold ( 房间从门进入 / 船舱从舱盖进入)
• ［记］ hatch 作为""孵出""一意大家并不陌生, 但""船舱盖""一意必须记住

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English hache, from Old English h?c; akin to Middle Dutch hecke trapdoor
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) <an escape hatch>
• 2.
  • a. an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor or roof of a building
  • b. the covering for such an opening
  • c. hatchway
  • d. compartment
• 3. floodgate

II. verb

• Etymology: Middle English hacchen; akin to Middle High German hecken to mate
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to produce young by incubation
  • 2.
    • a. to emerge from an egg, chrysalis, or pupa
    • b. to give forth young or imagoes
  • 3. to incubate eggs ; brood
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to produce (young) from an egg by applying natural or artificial heat
    • b. incubate 1a
  • 2. to bring into being ; originate; especially to concoct in secret <hatch a plot>
• ? hatchability noun
• ? hatchable adjective
• ? hatcher noun

III. noun

• Date: 1601
• 1. an act or instance of hatching
• 2. a brood of hatched young

IV. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle French hacher to chop, slice up, incise with fine lines, from Old French hachier — more at hash
• Date: 15th century
• 1. to inlay with narrow bands of distinguishable material <a silver handle hatched with gold>
• 2. to mark (as a drawing or engraving) with fine closely spaced lines

V. noun

• Date: 1658
• line; especially one used to give the effect of shading

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