hatchery

/ˈhætʃəri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhætʃəri/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈha-chə-rē/ (ame, mw)

hatchery — noun

  • hatcherysingular
  • hatcheriesplural

1. a farm or special building where eggs are kept warm until young fish or birds co

1.名詞C1
釋義

a farm or special building where eggs are kept warm until young fish or birds come out.

例句

Christopher checks the water pumps at the salmon hatchery before sunrise.

work at a salmon hatchery

Thousands of trout eggs hatched inside the mountain hatchery this spring.

eggs hatch inside a hatchery

同義詞
  • breeding center

    broader term that may include breeding and raising animals beyond the hatching stage

  • fish farm

    raises fish longer term; a hatchery focuses on eggs and very young fish

文法句型

at a hatchery

work in a hatchery

eggs hatch in a hatchery

用法筆記

Usually refers to the whole facility, not the single heated box that holds one batch of eggs. Common with fish, duck, chicken, or other bird eggs.

常見錯誤

❌We put the turtle eggs into a hatchery box on the table.
✅We put the turtle eggs into the incubator on the table.
💡a hatchery is the whole facility, while a single heated box is an incubator.
❌My uncle works in the fish hatcher.
✅My uncle works at the fish hatchery.
💡the usual noun for the place is 'hatchery', not 'hatcher'.