incubation
美音:
[´ıŋkju´beıʃən
]英音:
[´ıŋkju´beıʃən
]n.孵蛋,抱蛋,熟虑
难易程度:
incubation为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:incuba-tional
近义词, 同义词
incubation
/,ɪnkjʊ'beɪʃn; ,ɪnkjə`beʃən/
n
1 [U] hatching (of eggs) 孵卵; 孵化
*artificial incubation, ie hatching by artificial warmth 人工孵化.
2 [C] (also incu`bation period)
(a) (medical 医) period between being infected with a disease and the appearance of the first symptoms (传染病的)潜伏期.
(b) (fig 比喻) (period for) developing plans, etc (计画等的)酝酿(期).