batten
batten 英 [ˈbætn] 美 [ˈbætn]
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
进行时:battening 过去式:battened 过去分词:battened 第三人称单数:battens 名词复数:battens
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- 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
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1. "I think it is really important that the autism community has a key role in shaping the research priorities in this area, " said Amanda batten, head of campaigns for the NAS.
“我认为自闭症共同体在塑造这一领域的研究的优先次序的过程中应该扮演关键的角色，”全国自闭症协会大型活动负责人（head of campaign）Amanda Batten说。
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2. Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches.
和航海相关的另一个短语是batten down the hatches（未雨绸缪）。
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3. The tornado is coming, so we had better batten down the hatches here and get to the cellar.
龙卷风即将来临，因此我们最好把这里的舱口封上，到地下室去。
- batten (n.) "strip of wood, bar nailed across parallel boards to hold them together," 1650s, Englished variant of baton "a stick, a staff" (see baton). Nautical sense "strip of wood nailed down over a tarpaulin over a ship's hatches to prevent leakage in stormy weather" is attested from 1769.
- batten (v.1) "to improve; to fatten," 1590s, probably representing an unrecorded Middle English dialectal survival of Old Norse batna "improve" (source also of Old English batian, Old Frisian batia, Old High German bazen, Gothic gabatnan "to become better, avail, benefit," Old English bet "better;" also see boot (n.2)). Related: Battened; battening.
- batten (v.2) "to furnish with battens," 1775, from batten (n.) "strip of wood, bar nailed across parallel boards to hold them together." Nautical phrase batten down "cover (hatches) with tarpaulin and nail it down with battens to make it secure" is recorded from 1821. Related: Battened; battening.
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