| 单词 | incubation |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`inkju'beiʃən] |
| 解释 | n.孵卵期；潜伏期 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 孵卵期，潜伏期(the phase of development of a disease between the infection and the first appearance of symptoms) 【考】 latency : response / incubation : disease(反应和反应潜伏期/ 疾病和疾病潜伏期) 【记】 来自 incubate(孵卵，潜伏 )，in (里面)+cub(睡)+ate →睡在里面→潜伏 【同】 同根词：incubus(梦 魇); concubine(小妾) |
| 字源 | incubation (n.) 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 疾病潜伏期(从病原体进入体内到症状初现的过程); 孵化期 【记】incubate(v 孵卵); in里面, cub睡, 躺－睡在里面－孵化 【参】incubus(n 梦魇; 沉重的负担); concubine(n 情妇) 【类】latency: response = incubation: disease反应前是反应潜伏期 = 疾病前是疾病潜伏期 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】cub- 躺下，concubine 一块躺→情妇；孵卵就是躺在蛋上；cub 幼兽，孵出幼兽 【相关】cub 幼兽，年轻人 |
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