batten 详细解释

batten

['bætn]

n.<英>板条, 木条
v.用板条固定, 长肥, 损人以自肥

词形变化

动词过去式: battened | 动词过去分词: battened | 动词现在分词: battening | 动词第三人称单数: battens |

英英释义

名词 batten:

stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

同义词：batting

a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

动词 batten:

furnish with battens

同义词：batten down, secure

secure with battens

补充

battenbatten英:[ˈbætən] 美:[ˈbætn]n.1.板条2.压条vt.1.用板条或压条固定2.(损人利己地)养肥自己

例句

1. The worker battened down the loose windows.工人用板条钉牢松脱的窗户。 2. The tornado is coming, so we had better batten down the hatches here and get to the cellar.龙卷风即将来临，因此我们最好把这里的舱口封上，到地下室去。 3. The sheep battened upon the herbage.羊靠吃草本植物长肥。 4. They battened on the delicious dinner.他们大吃美餐。 5. robber barons who battened on the poor靠剥削穷人来养肥自己的强盗贵族 6. to batten on the blood of the workers榨取工人的血汗来养肥自己 7. Stephen was battening down the shutters.斯蒂温正用板条固定百叶窗。 8. [as adj., incombination -battened]full-battened sails.完全固定的帆。 9. multinational monopolies batten on the working classes.跨国垄断者靠工人阶级发达起来。 10. The city is battening down for the weekend's scheduled protests.这座城市正在为拟于周末进行的抗议活动做准备。 11. People are battening down in preparation for a hard winter.人们正在为即将来临的严冬做准备。 12. Everything on the ship's deck was battened down.船甲板上的所有东西都被固定住了。 13. We were able to batten down the house just before the storm hit.我们在暴风雨来袭前加固了房子。 14. "As the economy grows worse, investors need to batten down the hatches and prepare for tough times ahead."随着经济的恶化，投资者需要未雨绸缪，提前为低迷期做好准备。 15. someone who battens on the strength/generosity of others利用他人的力量/慷慨养肥自己的人

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