incubator的意思是恒溫箱、孵化器,在這個(gè)單詞里面我們可以找到四個(gè)元音音素【?】、【?】、【e?】和【?】,英語(yǔ)中一個(gè)元音音素代表一個(gè)音節(jié),所以這個(gè)單詞是多音節(jié)詞,讀作【???kjube?t?(r)】,incubato源于詞根cub,等于lie down躺,in是在...里面的意思,ator是名詞后綴,讓....躺進(jìn)懷里的東西,就是孵化器,而讓寶寶在出生以后躺的地方叫作恒溫箱;
所以,incubator既表示孵化器,又有恒溫箱的意思,一般用作名詞使用,例如,She was taken to a hospital,where an incubator and expert care were available,她被送進(jìn)了醫(yī)院,在那里有恒溫箱而且能得到專家護(hù)理,The Apache project, called Derby is an incubator project,在Apache這個(gè)項(xiàng)目中叫做Derby,它是一個(gè)孵化器項(xiàng)目,incubator這個(gè)單詞你學(xué)會(huì)了嗎?