| 词汇 | battened |
| 释义 | battened past simple and past participle ofbatten batten verb[ T ] uk /ˈbæt.ən/ us /ˈbæt̬.ən/ to fasten something by fixing pieces of wood onto it: 给某物钉板条以加固 The boxes were securely battened before the journey.出发前箱子都用板条牢牢地钉好了。 Locking and bolting bar batten bolt handcuff hermetically latch lock lock (something) up lock someone out lock something in lockable love lock padlock relock self-locking shut shut someone away unlockable Idiombatten down the hatches Phrasal verbbatten on someone Examples of battenedbattened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They were confined to the engine-room and stokehold, which were battened down, living on sodden hardtack and raw stockfish. New concepts were battened onto preexisting norms. In the case of slum property, where landlords have battened on the housing problem, the property should be taken over and site value paid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where extensive war damage had been done to roofs, these were to be covered with tarpaulins, or roofing felt well battened down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Areas of the prison are literally battened down at night and nobody ventures in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that before the summit, people will not have battened down their national budgets. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Meanwhile, we have battened down the hatches and the ship remains on course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also noticed in one of the accounts that 200 of the deportees were battened down below and were unable to get out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, it looks as if the hatches had been battened down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, the regulations might require chairs to be battened together or require the provision of an adequate number of attendants to assist with the audience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sat on them too long not to be aware of the scandals in public assessment affairs, and how the rich have battened on the poor times without number. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, however, we have battened down the hatches and put our noses to the grindstone - and that is just as well, since no one else is interested. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English As we have told them in debate after debate, it is when production is held down and productivity is battened down that costs and prices rise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of the activity would be driven underground and so into the hands of crooks and racketeers of all kinds who have already battened on to the games. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This same wave snapped the anchor cable and washed away all items not battened down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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