batten
英 ['b?t(?)n]
美['b?tn]
- n. 板條；曲尺；扣板；小方材
- vt. 在……釘扣板；養肥；裝條板
- vi. 長胖；貪吃
- n. (Batten)人名；(日)拔天(名)；(英)巴滕
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?battens;
助記提示
1. baton => batten.
2. French baton "a stick, a staff" => batten.
2. French baton "a stick, a staff" => batten.
英文詞源
- batten (n.)
- "strip of wood (especially used to fasten canvas over ships' hatches)," 1650s, anglicized variant of baton "a stick, a staff" (see baton). Nautical use attested from 1769.
- batten (v.1)
- "to improve; to fatten," 1590s, probably representing an English dialectal survival of Old Norse batna "improve" (cognates: Old English batian, Old Frisian batia, Old High German bazen, Gothic gabatnan "to become better, avail, benefit," Old English bet "better;" also see boot (v.)). Related: Battened; battening.
- batten (v.2)
- "to furnish with battens," 1775, from batten (n.); phrase batten down recorded from 1823. Related: Battened; battening.
雙語例句
- 1. It is not fair to batten on one's relatives.
- 利用親戚自飽私囊是不應該的.
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- 2. Can he still batten upon the blood of the employees nowadays?
- 如今他還能靠榨取雇員的血汗來養肥自己 嗎 ?
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- 3. Capitalists batten on the surplus value created by workers.
- 資本家靠榨取工人創造的剩余價值而致富.
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- 4. A large number of spot: 1 CM batten Korea, Mongolia Black Blocks, Slabs.
- 大量現貨: 1CM韓國條板 、 蒙古黑荒料 、 厚板.
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- 5. The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.
- 所有船員被集合起來進行封艙以防暴風雨襲擊.
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