battening
基本解释
- v. 用板條固定（某物）；釘牢；（以他人代價爲前提的）茁壯成長（batten 的現在分詞）
英汉例句
- She avoided having to work by battening on her rich relatives.
她仗著她那些有錢的親慼而不必工作，得以坐享清福。
dict.cn - Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."
或者報紙可能報道稱 “辯護律師正就目擊証人証言進行辯護”。 - And the company’s other actions suggest that it is battening down the hatches for a much rougher time than it expected at the start of June.
而且，該公司的其他行動表明，六月初，它在爲自己預測到的睏難時期休整艙口。 - A news report,for example, might say that people in Washington were battening down the hatches for a big winter storm.
- Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."
- Canada is a country of ferocious northern winters, whose stoical people are used to battening down their hatches.
ECONOMIST: Peace, order and rocky government - Despite its ethos of transparency and a mission to make the world more open, Facebook seems to be battening down its hatches as it comes under FTC scrutiny for privacy concerns.
FORBES: Facebook Insiders Ponder Its Future
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词组短语
- battening bar 壓條艙圍壓條;壓條;艙口壓條
- battening arrangement 壓緊裝置;封艙裝置
- battening iron 壓條
- battening wedge 封艙楔;封艙木楔
- battening device 壓緊裝置
短語
英英字典
- A batten is a long strip of wood that is attached to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.
- If something is battened in place, it is made secure by having battens attached across it or by being closed firmly.
- to furnish or strengthen with battens
- to thrive, esp at the expense of someone else
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专业释义
- 木板間壁
- 釘板條
- 釘上釦條
- 釘上釦條