incubation
/ˌɪnkjʊˈbeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
- the process of incubating eggs, cells, bacteria, a disease, etc.孵化; 培养; 潜伏; 酝酿：
the chick hatches after a month's incubation.
经一个月的孵化, 小鸡破壳而出。
派生词
incubative
adjectiveincubatory
/ˈɪnkjʊbeɪtərɪ/ adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin incubatio（n-） 'brooding'， from the verb incubare （see INCUBATE）.