batten

英 ['bæt(ə)n]美 ['bætn]

n. 板条；曲尺；扣板；小方材

vt. 在……钉扣板；养肥；装条板

vi. 长胖；贪吃

n. (Batten)人名；(日)拔天(名)；(英)巴滕

助记提示

1. baton => batten.
2. French baton "a stick, a staff" => batten.

英文词源

batten (n.)

"strip of wood (especially used to fasten canvas over ships' hatches)," 1650s, anglicized variant of baton "a stick, a staff" (see baton). Nautical use attested from 1769.

batten (v.1)

"to improve; to fatten," 1590s, probably representing an English dialectal survival of Old Norse batna "improve" (cognates: Old English batian, Old Frisian batia, Old High German bazen, Gothic gabatnan "to become better, avail, benefit," Old English bet "better;" also see boot (v.)). Related: Battened; battening.

batten (v.2)

"to furnish with battens," 1775, from batten (n.); phrase batten down recorded from 1823. Related: Battened; battening.

双语例句

1. It is not fair to batten on one's relatives.

利用亲戚自饱私囊是不应该的.

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2. Can he still batten upon the blood of the employees nowadays?

如今他还能靠榨取雇员的血汗来养肥自己 吗 ?

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3. Capitalists batten on the surplus value created by workers.

资本家靠榨取工人创造的剩余价值而致富.

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4. A large number of spot: 1 CM batten Korea, Mongolia Black Blocks, Slabs.

大量现货: 1CM韩国条板 、 蒙古黑荒料 、 厚板.

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5. The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.

所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击.

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