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VERB
孵化;孵（卵）
When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.
例句
The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
鳥兒回到巢里繼續(xù)孵卵。
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V-ERG
(使)(病毒)潛伏
When a germ in your body incubates or is incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.
例句
The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
病毒在初次感染以后可以潛伏長(zhǎng)達(dá) 10 天。
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VERB
醞釀;逐漸發(fā)展
If you say that plans or ideas incubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.
例句
...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years.
無疑已在他頭腦中醞釀了多年的重大決定