incubate
US: /ˈɪnkjəˌbeɪt/
UK: /ˈɪnkjuːbˌeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
incubate /'inkjubeit/- ngoại động từ
- ấp (trứng)
- (y học) ủ (bệnh)
- nuôi (trẻ sơ sinh) trong lồng ấp
- nội động từ
- ấp trứng
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb1 [VN] (of a bird) to sit on its eggs in order to keep them warm until they HATCH
2 [VN] (biology) to keep cells, bacteria, etc. at a suitable temperature so that they develop: The samples were incubated at 80?C for three minutes.
3 [VN] (be incubating sth) (medical) to have an infectious disease developing inside you before SYMPTOMS (= signs of illness) appear: The source of infection may be a person who is incubating an infectious disease.
4 [V] (medical) (of a disease) to develop slowly without showing any signs: The BSE bug incubates for three years.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
hatch, brood; nurse, nurture, develop:
How long have you been incubating this plan?
Concise dictionary
incubates|incubated|incubating'ɪnkjəbeɪt /-kjʊb-verb
+grow under conditions that promote development
+sit on (eggs)
