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1 incubate
'iŋkjubeit1) (to produce (young birds) from eggs by sitting on them or by keeping them warm by some other means.) incubar2) ((of germs or disease) to develop until signs of the disease appear: How long does chickenpox take to incubate?) incubar•- incubator
tr['ɪnkjʊbeɪt]1 incubar: incubar, empollarincubate vi: incubar(se), empollarv.• empollar v.• incubar v.'ɪŋkjəbeɪt, 'ɪŋkjʊbeɪt
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transitive verb incubar
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vi \<\<bird\>\> empollar; \<\<egg/embryo/bacteria\>\> incubarse['ɪnkjʊbeɪt]1.VT (gen) incubar2.VI [egg] incubarse; [hen] empollar; (fig) [idea] incubarse* * *['ɪŋkjəbeɪt, 'ɪŋkjʊbeɪt]
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transitive verb incubar
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vi \<\<bird\>\> empollar; \<\<egg/embryo/bacteria\>\> incubarse -
2 brood
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1. verb1) ((of birds) to sit on eggs.) empollar2) (to think (about something) anxiously for some time: There's no point in brooding about what happened.) rumiar, dar vueltas
2. noun(the number of young hatched at one time.) nidada, camadatr[brʊːd]1 (birds) nidada1 (hen) empollar2 figurative use (worry) apurarse, preocuparse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLbrood mare SMALLZOOLOGY/SMALL yegua de críabrood ['bru:d] vt1) incubate: empollar, incubar2) ponder: sopesar, considerarbrood vi1) incubate: empollar2) reflect: rumiar, reflexionar3) worry: ponerse melancólico, inquietarsebrood adj: de críabrood n: nidada f (de pájaros), camada f (de mamíferos)n.• camada s.f.• casta s.f.• cría s.f.• empolladura s.f.• generación s.f.• lechigada s.f.• nidada s.f.• pollada s.f.• progenie s.f.• ventregada s.f.v.• empollar v.• encobar v.
I bruːda) ( of birds) nidada f; ( of mammals) camada fb) ( of children) (hum) prole f (fam & hum)
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[bruːd]stop brooding on o over it — deja de darle vueltas al asunto
1.N (gen) cría f, camada f ; [of chicks] nidada f ; [of insects etc] generación f ; hum [of children] prole f2. VI1) [bird] empollar2) (fig) [person] ponerse melancólicoto brood on or over — dar vueltas a
3.CPDbrood mare N — yegua f de cría
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I [bruːd]a) ( of birds) nidada f; ( of mammals) camada fb) ( of children) (hum) prole f (fam & hum)
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stop brooding on o over it — deja de darle vueltas al asunto
См. также в других словарях:
incubate — ► VERB 1) (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to keep them warm and bring them to hatching. 2) keep (bacteria, cells, etc.) at a suitable temperature so that they develop. 3) (with reference to an infectious disease) develop slowly without outward or… … English terms dictionary
incubate — verb ( bated; bating) Etymology: Latin incubatus, past participle of incubare, from in + cubare to lie Date: 1641 transitive verb 1. a. to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body b. to maintain (as an embryo or a chemically active… … New Collegiate Dictionary
incubate — verb (I, T) 1 if a bird incubates its eggs or if they incubate, they are kept warm by the bird until the young birds come out 2 (I, T) technical if a disease incubates, or if you incubate it, it develops in your body until you show physical signs … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
incubate — verb a) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions. b) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it … Wiktionary
incubate — verb Incubate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑egg … Collocations dictionary
incubate — [[t]ɪ̱nkjʊbeɪt[/t]] incubates, incubating, incubated 1) VERB When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out. [V n] The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs. [Also V] Derived words … English dictionary
incubate — UK [ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt] / US [ˈɪŋkjəˌbeɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms incubate : present tense I/you/we/they incubate he/she/it incubates present participle incubating past tense incubated past participle incubated 1) a) biology if a bird… … English dictionary
incubate — in|cu|bate [ ıŋkjə,beıt ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) if a bird incubates its eggs, or if they incubate, they are kept warm until the young birds inside come out a ) if you incubate cells, or if they incubate, they are kept at a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
incubate — [18] Latin incubāre, the source of English incubate, meant literally ‘lie down on’. It was based on the verb cubāre ‘lie’, which also produced English concubine and cubicle. The notion of ‘lying on eggs to hatch them’ seems later to have fed back … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
incubate — [18] Latin incubāre, the source of English incubate, meant literally ‘lie down on’. It was based on the verb cubāre ‘lie’, which also produced English concubine and cubicle. The notion of ‘lying on eggs to hatch them’ seems later to have fed back … Word origins
incubate — [c]/ˈɪnkjubeɪt / (say inkyoohbayt), /ˈɪŋ / (say ing ) verb (incubated, incubating) –verb (t) 1. to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching. 2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting upon them or by artificial heat. 3. to maintain (bacterial cultures …