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incubate

🇬🇧 UK/'inkjubeit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To keep eggs or organisms warm to promote development; to nurture an idea slowly.

孵化;培养;酝酿

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
cubCuba, the island
+
ateto make, having
=incubate

Common Collocations

  • 1.incubate ideas酝酿想法
  • 2.incubate eggs孵化鸡蛋

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The eggs need to incubate for three weeks.

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