batten

[美]/'bæt(ə)n/
[英]/'bætn/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 板条压条
vt. 用板条或压条固定,养肥自己
词形变化
复数battens
第三人称单数battens
现在分词battening
过去分词battened
过去式battened

短语搭配

wooden batten

木制挡条

metal batten

金属挡条

batten down

封舱;采取果断行动以迎接困难

batten on

靠…养肥;靠…而兴旺

例句

batten down the hatches.

钉上舱口压条封闭舱口

Stephen was battening down the shutters.

斯蒂温正用板条固定百叶窗。

slumlords who batten on the poor.

破屋的房东专以损害穷人的利益而中饱私囊

multinational monopolies batten on the working classes.

跨国垄断者靠工人阶级发达起来。

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。

Hollywood is battening down the hatches in expectation of a strike by actors and writers this summer.

好莱坞正在做好准备应付今年夏天的演员和作家罢工。

原声例句

Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.

希拉低头盯着地面,似乎准备好要迎接一场情绪风暴。

来源: New York Times

It's time to batten down the hatches and prepare for another very bumpy ride.

现在是时候放下舱口,并准备另一个非常颠簸的航程。

来源: A bet.

So really battening down the hatches.

所以真的把舱口打下来了。

来源: Financial Times Podcast

Batten down the hatches, young 'un.

做好准备,年轻人。

来源: Paddington Bear

Better batten down the hatches, B.

最好未雨绸缪吧 B。

来源: Gossip Girl Season 4

Well, isn't battening down the hatches usually the best way?

按常理 此刻坚守不出难道不是上策吗?

来源: Silk Season 2

OK, so message to listeners is very much: batten down the hatches.

好的,所以给听众的信息非常多:做好准备。

来源: Financial Times Podcast

'My heart sinks when I think how we've battened on you all our lives and have given you nothing in return.

“当我想到我们一生都在打击你, 却没有给你任何回报时, 我的心就沉了下去。

来源: Veil

As the shuttles dashed through the warp they lifted up the heavy battens, and when the shuttles stopped they let the battens fall and pressed the threads together.

每当梭子飞快地穿过经线的时候,织工们便把沉重的箱座抬起,梭子一停下来又立即放下筘座,把线压在一起。

来源: Selected Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde

I pulled down the old rafters, fixed the new ones, put on the battens, slated the roof, all with my own hands, Worm being my assistant.

我拆下旧椽子, 固定新的,装上板条,给屋顶铺石板, 全部都是我亲手完成的, 沃姆是我的助手。

来源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

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