English Dictionary

incubate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪŋkjʊbeɪt/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

日本語の意味

卵や生物の組織を、適切な温度や湿度などの理想的な環境条件下で温め、育成すること。 / 卵やその他の生物、組織を温存・管理し、孵化・成熟させるために必要な条件を提供して育てること。

The biologists carefully incubate the frog embryos in a temperature-controlled chamber to ensure healthy development.

生物学者たちは、健康に成長するように温度管理されたチャンバーでカエルの胚を注意深く培養する。

意味（1）

(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.

The places where the birds are nesting are interesting spots to visit. Both parents incubate and the scene is animated as the birds fly about in all directions.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.

It was a habit he developed, of incubating and maturing his thought upon a subject, and of then rushing into the type-writer with it.

incubates （ present singular third-person ）

incubating （ participle present ）

incubated （ participle past ）

incubated （ past ）