hatchery 孵育場 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.名詞C1

釋義

孵育場

集中孵化魚卵或雞蛋的場所

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.

Christopher 在日出前會到鮭魚孵育場檢查抽水設備。

work at a salmon hatchery

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

今年春天，幾千顆鱒魚卵在山區孵育場裡孵化了。

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

at a hatchery

work in a hatchery

eggs hatch in a hatchery

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.

❌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'.

hatchery