batten n. 1.【建筑】板条;挂瓦条,压缝条。 2.小方材,小圆材。 3.【航海】扣板,压条,条板。 4.(舞台)装灯光的横木条。 5.万能曲线尺。 batten door 条板门。 vt. 装条板于;在…上钉扣板,把…用板条钉牢。 batten down (the hatches) 【航海】(暴风雨或失火时)钉上扣板密闭舱口。 n. 【纺织;印染】筘(框)。 vi. 1.饱餐,大吃 (on upon). 2.养肥自己,长胖 (on) 〔尤指损人利己〕;肥私囊。 batten on the poor 靠盘剥穷人养肥自己。 vt. 养肥(猪,羊等)。
The instinct of self-preservation warned him to batten down his hatches, to smother the fire with want of air . 自卫的本能警告他用木条把仓门钉好,把火头闷熄,不要闯出大祸来。
Batten down those hatches before we ' re on the bottom 赶在下沉前封住缺口!
There ' s a storm coming , so let ' s batten down the hatches 暴风雨就要来了,让我们把舱口都封住。
There ' s a storm coming so let ' s batten down the hatches 暴风雨即将来了,我们来钉上门口压条吧。
The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches 所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击。
Batten down the hatches , boys 孩子们小心了
Batten down the hatches when this sea otter pirate comes aboard . he ' s got a great right hook 在这只水獭海盗上船之前赶紧封舱做好准备!他有厉害的右勾手!
The threat of inflation has made many city institutions batten down hatches and not take risks in the stock market 通货膨胀的威胁已使城市许多公共机构作好准备,不去股票市场冒险。
You ll , perhaps , batten down your hatches till you re spoke to , my friend , cried silver truculently to this speaker “没问你,你还是给我闭上你那臭嘴,朋友。 ”西尔弗狠狠地喝住开口的人。
Yet paradoxically , as some companies batten down the hatches , other firms have found ways of making money by opening up their treasure - chest of innovation and sharing it with others 然而奇怪的事情发生了,正在很多企业把专利技术看得严严实实的时候,另外一些企业却通过洞开锦囊、共享发明,大获其利。
英文解释
furnish with battens; "batten ships" 同义词:batten, secure,