English Dictionary

hatch

/hæt͡ʃ/

noun

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. / A trapdoor. / An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

The secret hatch in the library floor led to a hidden room.

意味（1）

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

意味（2）

A trapdoor.

意味（3）

An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.

意味（4）

A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.

A surprising number of incidents is due to roof hatches being left loose or in the raised position when locomotives return to service after maintenance. On one occasion, a 25kV overhead line was damaged by an open hatch.

意味（5）

(nautical) An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine

意味（6）

(slang) A gullet.

意味（7）

A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

意味（8）

A floodgate; a sluice gate.

The farmers lower down the brook pull up the hatches to let the flood pass.

意味（9）

(Scotland) A bedstead.

It consisted of a rude wooden stool , and still ruder hatch or bed-frame

意味（10）

(mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.