• n. 孵化；艙口
• vt. 孵；策劃
• vi. 孵化
• n. (Hatch)人名；(西)阿奇；(英)哈奇

詞源不詳。

來自古英語haec,籬笆，柵欄，詞源同haw,hedge.引申詞義艙門，蓋子。

hatch (v.1)

early 13c., hachen, "to produce young from eggs by incubation," probably from an unrecorded Old English *h?ccan, of unknown origin, related to Middle High German, German hecken "to mate" (used of birds). Meaning "to come forth from an egg," also "cause to come forth from an egg" are late 14c. Figurative use (of plots, etc.) is from early 14c. Related: Hatched; hatching.

hatch (n.1)

"opening, grated gate, half-door," Old English h?c (genitive h?cce) "fence, grating, gate," from Proto-Germanic *hak- (cognates: Middle High German heck, Dutch hek "fence, gate"), a word of uncertain origin. This apparently is the source of many of the Hatcher surnames; "one who lives near a gate." Sense of "opening in a ship's deck" is first recorded mid-13c. Drinking phrase down the hatch attested by 1931 (the image is nautical).

hatch (v.2)

"engrave, draw fine parallel lines," late 14c., from Old French hachier "chop up, hack" (14c.), from hache "ax" (see hatchet). Related: Hatched; hatching. The noun meaning "an engraved line or stroke" is from 1650s.

hatch (n.2)

"that which has hatched; action of hatching," 1620s, from hatch (v.1).

hatch (n.3)

"engraved lines or strokes," 1650s, from hatch (v.2).

1. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.

兩只小鳥一出殼就離開了巢穴。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He stuck his head up through the hatch.

他從艙口探出頭來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The eggs quickly hatch into larvae.

蟲卵很快孵化成幼蟲。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.

雌鳥伏在蛋上直到其孵化。

來自《權威詞典》

5. No one knows how the new plan will hatch out.

誰也不知道這新方案將怎樣制訂出來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》