English-Thai Dictionary

incubate

VI ฟักไข่  กก ไข่  brood hatch breed nurture fak-kai

 

incubate

VT ฟักไข่  กก ไข่  brood hatch breed nurture fak-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCUBATE

v.i.[L. incubo; in and cubo, to lie down. ] To sit, as on eggs for hatching.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INCUBATE

In "cu *bate, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Incubated; p. pr. & vb. n.Incubating.] Etym: [L. incubatus, p. p. incubare to lie on; pref. in- in, on + cubare to lie down. Cf. Cubit, Incumbent. ]

 

Defn: To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

incubate

in cu bate |ˈinkyəˌbāt, ˈiNG- ˈɪŋkjəˌbeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of a bird ) sit on (eggs ) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching. • (esp. in a laboratory ) keep (eggs, cells, bacteria, embryos, etc. ) at a suitable temperature so that they develop: the samples were incubated at 80 °C for three minutes. • (be incubating something ) have an infectious disease developing inside one before symptoms appear: the possibility that she was incubating early syphilis. • [ no obj. ] develop slowly without outward or perceptible signs: unfortunately the BSE bug incubates for around three years. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin incubat- ‘lain on, ’ from the verb incubare, from in- ‘upon ’ + cubare ‘to lie. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

incubate

incubate |ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] (of a bird ) sit on (eggs ) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching. • (in a laboratory or other controlled situation ) keep (eggs, bacteria, embryos, etc. ) at a suitable temperature so that they develop. • N. Amer. give support and aid the development of (a new small business ). 2 (be incubating something ) be developing an infectious disease before symptoms appear: the possibility that she was incubating early syphilis. • [ no obj. ] develop slowly without outward or perceptible signs: the BSE bug incubates for around three years. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin incubat- ‘lain on ’, from the verb incubare, from in- ‘upon ’ + cubare ‘to lie ’.

 

French Dictionary

incubateur

incubateur , trice adj. et n. m. adjectif Qui favorise l ’incubation des œufs. : Un appareil incubateur. nom masculin Appareil stérile à température constante où l ’on place les bébés prématurés ou fragiles. : Un incubateur perfectionné. LOCUTION Incubateur d ’entreprises. Organisme qui aide de nouvelles entreprises à démarrer en leur fournissant des locaux, des services multiples et des conseils jusqu ’à ce qu ’elles deviennent autonomes (Recomm. off. ). SYNONYME pépinière d ’entreprises .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

incubate

in cu bate /ɪ́ŋkjəbèɪt, ɪ́n -/動詞 他動詞 1 〈卵 〉を抱く, かえす .2 〈卵 〉を人工孵 （ふ ）化する ; 〈未熟児 〉を保育器で育てる .3 〈細菌など 〉を培養する .4 〈計画など 〉を練る .自動詞 1 卵を抱く ; 〈卵が 〉かえる .2 〈細菌などが 〉増殖する .3 〈考えなどが 〉 (徐々に )生じる, 浮かぶ .4 〘医 〙〈病気が 〉潜伏期にある .