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batten down

/bat-n/US // ˈbæt n //UK // (ˈbætən) //

敲打,敲敲门

Related Words

tighten拧紧,收紧,缩紧,紧缩tie领带,系,领结,捆绑fix修复,固定,修理,修整secure安全,安全的,稳固的prosper繁荣,兴旺,蓬勃发展,兴旺发达wax蜡像,蜡,蜡质,蜡笔小新grow增长,成长,长,壮大thrive茁壮成长,欣欣向荣,茁壮发展,蓬勃发展burgeon突起,兴起,涌现,爆发nail down钉死,钉住,钉牢,钉住了board up登场,登台,登载在网站上,登上clamp down钳制,钳压,钳住,钳制下来cover up掩饰,遮掩,掩盖,隐瞒

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to thrive by feeding; grow fat.
    • : to feed gluttonously or greedily; glut oneself.
    • : to thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others: robber barons who battened on the poor.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to thrive by or as if by feeding; fatten.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inshut
Synonyms
bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏lock锁定,闭锁,锁定目标,锁定目标人物push推动,促进,推,推进seal封条,封闭,封锁,封口cage笼子,笼子里,牢笼,笼子里的confine封闭,禁锢,禁闭,拘束draw绘制,画画,画,抽奖enclose围住,附上,附带,附带说明exclude排除,排斥,免除,剔除fasten紧固,系紧,紧紧抓住,固定fold折叠,褶皱,折,折痕imprison监禁,囚禁,禁锢,关押secure安全,安全的,稳固的slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击close down关闭,停业,停业整顿,关门close up闭合,关闭,近距离,封闭drop the curtain拉下帷幕,落下帷幕,落幕,拉开帷幕fold up折叠起来,折叠起来的,折叠,叠起put to付给,交给,投入到,投入shut down关闭,停工,关掉,关机wall off关墙,墙关,隔离墙关闭,隔离墙
as insecure
Synonyms
cement水泥,胶合剂,水合剂,水水泥clinch缔结合同,缔结协议,缔结契约,缔结协议的fix修复,固定,修理,修整settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户adjust调整,调整调整,调剂,调整调整调整anchor锚,锚定,抛锚,锚地bind束缚,捆绑,绑定,结合bolt螺栓,螺栓连接,闩,闩上button按钮catch接住,抓住,捕捉,捕获chain链条,链子,链接,链clamp钳子,夹子,夹钳,钳制close关闭,密切,结束,靠近fasten紧固,系紧,紧紧抓住,固定hitch铰链,铰接,铰链式,铰接式lash鞭打,鞭笞,鞭挞,鞭策lock锁定,闭锁,锁定目标,锁定目标人物moor泊位,泊车,沼泽地,泊车场nail指甲,钉子,钉钉子,钉书钉padlock挂锁,锁,挂牌,挂件pinion小齿轮,齿轮,小行星,小数点rivet铆钉,铆接,铆合,铆焊tack粘性,大头钉,大头针,粘着tie领带,系,领结,捆绑tighten拧紧,收紧,缩紧,紧缩button down扣下,扣头,扣式羽绒服,扣式羽绒hook on钩住,钩住了,上钩,钩在lock up锁掉,锁住,锁上,锁起来make fast使之成为快速的,使之成为快速,使其成为快速的,使其成为快速tie down捆绑,绑住,拴紧,束缚
Antonyms
unfix不修复,不修正,不修,不修饰unsettle疏导,纠结,疏导情绪,纠缠detach脱离,取下,取出,取出来disconnect断绝联系,断开联系,断开连接,脱离联系disjoin脱节,脱离,脱钩,断开free免费的,免费,自由的,自由let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开loose松散的,松散,松动,松脱loosen松动,松开,放松,疏松lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的release释放,发布,发行,发布会unchain解锁,松开,解除链锁,解除链子unfasten松开,解开,松开绳子,解开绳子unhitch松开,解开,解开绳索,解开绳子unlock解锁,开锁,解开,松开untie解开,松开,松绑,解开绳子endanger危及,濒危,危害,濒临forfeit被没收的,弃权,被没收,没收give up放弃,舍弃,放弃吧,罢休harm伤害,危害,损害,坏处hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了

Examples

  • As a foreign correspondent in Taiwan, I watched in shock as Taipei battened down the hatches during a recent drill.

  • We’re in a very different space at IGLTA than a year ago when we were battening down the hatches and not really knowing what was going to happen.

  • The stretchy, nose-high collar helps batten down the hatches when things get windy.

  • He should make one stop in Michigan to batten it down (Wisconsin looks safe, as does Pennsylvania), and maybe New Hampshire.

  • Pity the poor Zanesvillians who had to batten down the hatches to avoid being eaten by the 18 free-roaming Bengal tigers.

  • Home, there hear that my Lady Batten had given my wife a visit (the first that ever she made her), which pleased me exceedingly.

  • Then to supper at Sir W. Batten's again, where my wife by chance fell down and hurt her knees exceedingly.

  • Here we sat late, and so home to bed, having got my Lady Batten to give me a spoonful of honey for my cold.

  • Rider told the first of his own knowledge; and both he and Sir W. Batten confirm the last.

  • All the morning at the office, Sir W. Batten being come to town last night.

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