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incubate

C2 verb

incubate /ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/ nghĩa là ấp trứng

Các nghĩa

  1. ấp trứng

    To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

    transitive

    The mother dead these fourteen years did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off.

    The female cichlid fish are called "mouth breeders," which means they incubate eggs in their mouth.

  2. ấp ủ

    To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

    figuratively · transitive

    It was a habit he developed, of incubating and maturing his thought upon a subject, and of then rushing into the type-writer with it.

    When you've got your theme–let the concept incubate. Walk around with it, sleep on it.

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