1 V-ERG 孵出;出壳 When a baby bird, insect, or other animal hatches, or when it is hatched, it comes out of its egg by breaking the shell. 孵出;出壳 [Also VERB n]
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As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow. [VERB]
两只小鸟一出壳就离开了巢穴。
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The young disappeared soon after they were hatched. [be VERB-ed]
雏鸟出壳后不久就不见了。
2 V-ERG 破壳;孵化;孵(蛋) When an egg hatches or when a bird, insect, or other animal hatches an egg, the egg breaks open and a baby comes out. 破壳;孵化;孵(蛋) [Also V n P, V P n (not pron)]
Hatch out means the same as
hatch.
hatch out 同 hatch 3 VERB 筹划;策划;谋划 If you hatch a plot or a scheme, you think of it and work it out. 筹划;策划;谋划
SYN devise, plan, design, project
4 N-COUNT (船甲板上的)舱口,舱口盖 A hatch is an opening in the deck of a ship, through which people or cargo can go. You can also refer to the door of this opening as a hatch. (船甲板上的)舱口,舱口盖
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He stuck his head up through the hatch.
他从舱口探出头来。
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All deck fittings, windows, hatches and doors had been fastened.
甲板上所有的装置、窗户、舱口盖和门都已经关牢了。
5 N-COUNT (墙上或屋顶的)小窗口;(尤指厨房和餐厅间传递菜肴等的)小窗口,传菜口 A hatch is an opening in a ceiling or a wall, especially between a kitchen and a dining room, which you can pass something such as food through. (墙上或屋顶的)小窗口;(尤指厨房和餐厅间传递菜肴等的)小窗口,传菜口 [mainly British]
6 PHRASE 做好准备(迎接挑战);未雨绸缪 If someone battens down the hatches, they prepare themselves so that they will be able to survive a coming difficulty or crisis. 做好准备(迎接挑战);未雨绸缪
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