n.孵化；艙口，艙口蓋

v.孵；孵出；策劃

The hatch date for tit eggs appears to be determined about a month earlier, when the eggs are laid. 白頰山雀孵化的時間，似乎在孵化前一個月，也就是下蛋時便已決定。

Both men quickly disappeared down the hatch. 兩個人很快從艙口下去不見了。

We heard the noise of a hatch being closed. 我們聽到關(guān)艙口的聲音。

An incubator is used to hatch chicken. 孵卵器用來孵小雞。

The male leaves the female to hatch her eggs and looks for food. 雄性離開雌性去孵蛋和尋找食物。

Chicks are hatching from the eggs. 小雞正從蛋殼里孵出來。

Hen's eggs take21 days to hatch out. 雞蛋需要21天才孵化。

What mischief are those children hatching? 那些孩子在琢磨什么鬼花樣?

hatch作“孵化”解時,可用作不及物動詞,以egg作主語時,其主動形式含有被動意義。