batten是什么意思

n. 板条；曲尺；扣板；小方材

vt. 在……钉扣板；养肥；装条板

vi. 长胖；贪吃

n. (Batten)人名；(日)拔天(名)；(英)巴滕

英文词源

batten (n.): "strip of wood (especially used to fasten canvas over ships' hatches)," 1650s, anglicized variant of baton "a stick, a staff" (see baton). Nautical use attested from 1769.
batten (v.1): "to improve; to fatten," 1590s, probably representing an English dialectal survival of Old Norse batna "improve" (cognates: Old English batian, Old Frisian batia, Old High German bazen, Gothic gabatnan "to become better, avail, benefit," Old English bet "better;" also see boot (v.)). Related: Battened; battening.
batten (v.2): "to furnish with battens," 1775, from batten (n.); phrase batten down recorded from 1823. Related: Battened; battening.

1. baton => batten.2. French baton "a stick, a staff" => batten.

2. Can he still batten upon the blood of the employees nowadays?: 如今他还能靠榨取雇员的血汗来养肥自己吗 ?

3. Capitalists batten on the surplus value created by workers.: 资本家靠榨取工人创造的剩余价值而致富.

4. A large number of spot: 1 CM batten Korea, Mongolia Black Blocks, Slabs.: 大量现货: 1CM韩国条板、蒙古黑荒料、厚板.

5. The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.: 所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击.