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 batten ['bætn.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 板条, 木板

[机] 夹板, 撑条


  1. The hilly areas make good sheep pasture; sheep will batten on the lush grass.
    这一带山区是很好的牧羊场,羊吃了茂盛的青草会长得肥肥的。
  2. The threat of inflation has made many city institutions batten down hatches and not take risks in the stock market.
    通货膨胀的威胁已使城市许多公共机构作好准备,不去股票市场冒险。
  3. The rich batten on the poor.
    富人靠剥削穷人发财。


batten
[ noun ]
  1. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

  2. <noun.artifact>
  3. a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

  4. <noun.artifact>
[ verb ]
  1. furnish with battens

  2. <verb.contact> batten down secure
    batten ships
  3. secure with battens

  4. <verb.contact>
    batten down a ship's hatches


Batten \Bat"ten\, n. [F. battant. See {Batter}, v. t.]
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the
threads of a woof.


Batten \Bat"ten\ (b[a^]t"t'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battened}
(b[a^]t"t'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battening}.] [See {Batful}.]
1. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. ``Battening
our flocks.'' --Milton.

2. To fertilize or enrich, as land.


Batten \Bat"ten\, v. i.
To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's
self. --Dryden.

The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. --Garth.

Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the
hideous facts in history, -- persecutions,
inquisitions. --Emerson.


Batten \Bat"ten\, n. [F. b[^a]ton stick, staff. See {Baton}.]
A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as,
(a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches
and not less than 6 feet long. --Brande & C.
(b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a
tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent
chafing.
(c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a
crack, etc.

{Batten door} (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole
length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.


Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t.
To furnish or fasten with battens.

{To batten down}, to fasten down with battens, as the
tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.

Lathe \Lathe\ (l[=a][th]), n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G.
lade a chest, Icel. hla[eth]a a storehouse, barn; but cf.
also Icel. l["o][eth] a smith's lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are
perh. of the same origin as lathe a granary, the original
meaning being, a frame to hold something. If so, the word is
from an older form of E. lade to load. See {Lade} to load.]
1. A granary; a barn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. (Mach.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping
articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing
them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.

3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for
separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; --
called also {lay} and {batten}.

{Blanchard lathe}, a lathe for turning irregular forms after
a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.

{Drill lathe}, or {Speed lathe}, a small lathe which, from
its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.

{Engine lathe}, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has
an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring
metals, cutting screws, etc.

{Foot lathe}, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by
the foot.

{Geometric lathe}. See under {Geometric}

{Hand lathe}, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe
without an automatic feed for the tool.

{Slide lathe}, an engine lathe.

{Throw lathe}, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the
cutting tool is held in the other.

  1. Interest Rates It's time to batten down the hatches in the bond and bond-futures markets this week as fears about rising inflation and falling bond prices pervade traders' market outlook, futures analysts said.
  2. 'Batten Down the Hatches And Cut Excessive Spending' Jeno Paulucci, a Florida businessman who made a fortune in frozen pizza and canned chop suey, says, "It's time to batten down the hatches and cut waste and excessive spending.
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