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V-ERG
孵出;出殼
When a baby bird, insect, or other animal hatches, or when it is hatched, it comes out of its egg by breaking the shell.
例句
As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow...
兩只小鳥一出殼就離開了巢穴。
The young disappeared soon after they were hatched.
雛鳥出殼后不久就不見了。
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V-ERG
破殼;孵化;孵（蛋）
When an egg hatches or when a bird, insect, or other animal hatches an egg, the egg breaks open and a baby comes out.
例句
The eggs hatch after a week or ten days...
蛋在1周或10天后孵化。
During these periods the birds will lie on the cage floor as if trying to lay or hatch eggs.
這些時期，鳥兒會趴在籠底，好像在下蛋或孵蛋。
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VERB
籌劃;策劃;謀劃
If you hatch a plot or a scheme, you think of it and work it out.
例句
He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the Pope.
他指控反對黨密謀暗殺教皇。
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N-COUNT
（船甲板上的）艙口，艙口蓋
A hatch is an opening in the deck of a ship, through which people or cargo can go. You can also refer to the door of this opening as a hatch.
例句
He stuck his head up through the hatch...
他從艙口探出頭來。
All deck fittings, windows, hatches and doors had been fastened.
甲板上所有的裝置、窗戶、艙口蓋和門都已經關牢了。
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N-COUNT
（墻上或屋頂的）小窗口;（尤指廚房和餐廳間傳遞菜肴等的）小窗口，傳菜口
A hatch is an opening in a ceiling or a wall, especially between a kitchen and a dining room, which you can pass something such as food through.
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PHRASE
做好準備（迎接挑戰）；未雨綢繆
If someone battens down the hatches, they prepare themselves so that they will be able to survive a coming difficulty or crisis.
例句
Many firms are battening down the hatches and preparing to ride out the storm.
很多公司正在加緊準備，希望能挺過這場暴風雨。