1610s, "brooding," from Latin incubationem (nominative incubatio) "a laying upon eggs," noun of action from past participle stem of incubare "to hatch," literally "to lie on, rest on," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + cubare "to lie" (see cubicle). The literal sense of "sitting on eggs to hatch them" first recorded in English 1640s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs.
雄性信天翁參與孵卵。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The four stages of creative thought are preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification.
創(chuàng)造性思考的四個(gè)階段是準(zhǔn)備 、 沉思 、 啟迪 、 求證.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. The illness has an incubation period of up to 11 days.
該病有長(zhǎng)達(dá)11天的潛伏期。
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. The incubation time for incipient precipitation is often a minute or more.