battening

battening

美 [?bæt(?)n] 　英 ['bæt(?)n]

  • n.【印,紡】筘(框)；【建】板條；掛瓦條；小方材
  • v.裝條板于；把…用板條釘牢；長胖；肥私囊
  • 網絡打緯；釘上扣條

詞形變化

復數：battens  現在分詞：battening  過去式：battened  

反義詞

同義詞

英漢解釋

n.
1.
【印,紡】筘(框)
2.
【建】板條;掛瓦條,壓縫條
3.
小方材,小圓材
4.
【航】扣板,壓條,條板
5.
(舞臺)裝燈光的橫木條
6.
萬能曲線尺
v.
1.
裝條板于;在...上釘扣板,把...用板條釘牢
2.
養肥自己,長胖 (on);肥私囊
3.
飽餐,大吃 (on upon)
4.
養肥(豬,羊等)

英英解釋

n.

例句

And the company's other actions suggest that it is battening down the hatches for a much rougher time than it expected at the start of June.

而且，該公司的其他行動表明，六月初，它在為自己預測到的困難時期休整艙口。

In their view, battening down the hatches at a time when their markets are still growing would be, quite simply, bad business.

在他們看來，市場仍在增長，因此，在暴風雨尚未來臨時就急忙封艙，顯然是不劃算的。

Hollywood is battening down the hatches in expectation of a strike by actors and writers this summer.

好萊塢正在做好準備應付今年夏天的演員和作家罷工。

She avoided having to work by battening on her rich relatives.

她仗著她那有錢的親戚而不必工作，得以坐享清福。

Shui On Land, in common with other developers, is battening down the hatches for a tough second half.

瑞安房地產（ShuiOnLand）和其他開發商一樣，正在為下半年的艱難日子做準備。

Sailors were dashing about battening hatches, running lines, clearing the decks, lashing down everything that was not already lashed down.

水手們在甲板上奔波著釘上活門，整理繩索，清理甲板，綁緊任何沒綁緊的東西。

Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime. "

或一份報紙可能會這樣報道：“辯護律師在為犯罪目擊者的證言做準備。”

Stephen was busy battening down all the shutters before the hurricane arrived.

史蒂芬正忙著趕在颶風到來前把門窗釘好。

The herdsman drove afield battening his flocks with the fresh dews of night.

牧人把羊群趕到野外，用夜晚的新鮮露水催肥。

A news report, for example, might say that people are battening down the hatches for a big winter storm.

例如，一則新聞報道可能會說人們封艙，船上做好應付暴風雨的準備。