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- a long, flat strip of squared timber or metal used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall板条, 压条。
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- a strip of wood or metal for securing a tarpaulin over a ship's hatchway（船舱口压住油布的）压条。
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- a strip of wood or plastic used to stiffen and hold the leech of a sail out from the mast（把帆缘固定在桅杆上的）板条。
with obj.
- strengthen or fasten (something) with battens用板条固定（某物）：
Stephen was battening down the shutters
斯蒂芬正用板条固定百叶窗
as adj., in combination -battened full-battened sails.完全固定的帆。
短语
batten down the hatches
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- Nautical secure a ship's tarpaulins【航海】固定船上的防水油布。
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- figurative prepare for a difficulty or crisis〈喻〉准备迎接困难（或危机）。
词源
late 15th cent.: from Old French batant, present participle (used as a noun) of batre 'to beat'， from Latin battuere.