incubator

名词 incubator:

1. apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
   同义词：brooder

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n.（名词）
An apparatus in which environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity, can be controlled, often used for growing bacterial cultures, hatching eggs artificially, or providing suitable conditions for a chemical or biological reaction.
孵育器：一种周围的条件如温度和湿度能得到控制的器具，经常用于细菌培养、人工孵卵或为化学或生物反应提供适宜条件
Medicine An apparatus for maintaining an infant, especially a premature infant, in an environment of controlled temperature, humidity, and oxygen concentration.
【医学】 早产婴儿保育箱：一种保育婴儿的器具，尤指对早产婴儿，其温度、湿度与集中供氧都得到控制
A place or situation that permits or encourages the formation and development, as of new ideas:
温床：允许或鼓励新的想法产生并发展的地方或形势：
例句：
the college campus as an incubator of radical new sociological concepts.
大学校园是产生激进的社会学新概念的温床