hatch

英[hætʃ] 美[hætʃ]

反义词

复数: hatches;第三人称单数: hatches;过去式: hatched;过去分词: hatched;现在分词: hatching;

1. hatchet => hatch.
2. hatchback => hatch.
3. 谐音“哈气”------用“哈气”的方法来孵化鸡蛋。

hatch 孵化，孵出

词源不详。

hatch 舱门，盖子

来自古英语haec,篱笆，栅栏，词源同haw,hedge.引申词义舱门，盖子。

hatch (v.1): early 13c., hachen, "to produce young from eggs by incubation," probably from an unrecorded Old English *hæccan, of unknown origin, related to Middle High German, German hecken "to mate" (used of birds). Meaning "to come forth from an egg," also "cause to come forth from an egg" are late 14c. Figurative use (of plots, etc.) is from early 14c. Related: Hatched; hatching.
hatch (n.1): "opening, grated gate, half-door," Old English hæc (genitive hæcce) "fence, grating, gate," from Proto-Germanic *hak- (cognates: Middle High German heck, Dutch hek "fence, gate"), a word of uncertain origin. This apparently is the source of many of the Hatcher surnames; "one who lives near a gate." Sense of "opening in a ship's deck" is first recorded mid-13c. Drinking phrase down the hatch attested by 1931 (the image is nautical).
hatch (v.2): "engrave, draw fine parallel lines," late 14c., from Old French hachier "chop up, hack" (14c.), from hache "ax" (see hatchet). Related: Hatched; hatching. The noun meaning "an engraved line or stroke" is from 1650s.
hatch (n.2): "that which has hatched; action of hatching," 1620s, from hatch (v.1).
hatch (n.3): "engraved lines or strokes," 1650s, from hatch (v.2).

1. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.: 两只小鸟一出壳就离开了巢穴。