batten

noun

1. 板条，压条，挂瓦条（用于固定其他建筑材料）
   a long strip of wood that is used to keep other building materials in place on a wall or roof

verb

verb

1. N-COUNT （固定用的）板条，压条
   A batten is a long strip of wood that is fixed to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.
   1. ...a batten to support the base timbers.
      用来支撑底部木头的板条
2. VERB 用板条（或压条）固定
   If something is battened in place, it is made secure by having battens fixed across it or being closed firmly.
   1. The roof was never securely battened down.
      屋顶板条一直没钉牢。
   2. ...big pine shutters that could be battened against the noonday sun.
      钉上大块的松木窗板可以遮挡中午的太阳
3. to batten down the hatches → see: hatch

1. The roof was never securely battened down.
   屋顶板条一直没钉牢。
2. But for people like Batten, even this plan is a slap in the face for preservation activists.
   对巴顿这样的历史遗迹保存人士来说，警察局翻新计划如同一巴掌打在脸上。
3. John Batten is an art gallery owner who helped organize a group dedicated to preserving Hong Kong's historical structures.
   约翰.巴顿是一个画廊老板，他协助成立了一个保存香港历史建筑的组织。
4. One time two pieces of glass batten cutting.
   可同时切割两根压条，效率高；
5. It is not fair to batten on one's relatives.
   利用亲戚自饱私囊是不应该的。
6. The shear performance experimental study of concrete beam reinforced by onlay CFRP batten
   嵌贴CFRP板条加固混凝土梁抗剪性能试验研究
7. For them, a crisis is a reason to batten down the hatches.
   因为对他们而言，危机意味着准备着手面对困境。
8. James batten, headmaster, says there are "10 at least" schools in Beijing that teach a British syllabus.
   该校校长詹姆士巴滕（jamesbatten）表示，北京“至少有10所”学校在教授英式课程。
9. Research and Development of Configuration Based Stage Batten Control System
   基于组态技术的舞台吊杆控制系统的研究与开发
10. Batten down the hatches when this sea otter pirate comes aboard. He's got a great right hook!
    在这只水獭海盗上船之前赶紧封舱做好准备！他有厉害的右勾手！
11. Unbeknownst to most mainstream Facebook users, the social network actually offers a slew of privacy controls and security features which can help you batten down the hatches, so to speak.
    大多数Facebook用户可能不知道，网络实际上提供了一些私有控制和安全功能来帮助你，是你的信息变得更安全。
12. The capitalists batten on the blood of the workers.
    资本家靠榨取工人的血汗来养肥自己。
13. Batten down a ship's hatches.
    给轮船的舱口钉上板条。
14. If you are just too exhausted to leave the confines of the house, unplug the phone, lock the door, batten down the hatches and spend the entire weekend at home, doing absolutely nothing.
    最后，有一个简单的解决方法。如果你累得不想走出房门一步，就拔掉电话，锁上门，关上窗户，整个周末都呆在家里，什么都不要做。
15. They were warned against the companies who batten on the efforts of others.
    有人提醒他们，要提防那些专靠他人的劳动以自肥的公司。
16. To reduce the lathe-bed and assure its stiffness requirement, a batten wall pore structure is designed.
    为了减轻床身的重量和保证床身的刚度要求，设计了板壁孔结构。
17. And it can also be used to replace batten making wall and ceiling.
    而且它还可用来代替木条制作墙壁及天花板。
18. 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？
19. Chord spacing and batten spacing of batten column affect load-carrying capacity obviously.
    柱肢间距和缀管问距对试件承载能力有较大的影响；
20. The captain ordered the sailors to batten down the hatches of their ship, as a storm was coming soon.
    暴风雨即将来临，因此船长命令水手将舱口封好。
21. Symbol for a batten fluorescent fixture. One-, two-, or three-lamp configuration can be specified.
    条板式荧光灯符号。可指定一根、两根或三根灯管的配置。
22. Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches.
    和航海相关的另一个短语是battendownthehatches（未雨绸缪）。
23. In order to assure adequate stiffness, the lathe has relevant requirements for the shape, location and size of the batten wall pore.
    为了保证有足够的刚度，机床对板壁孔的形状、位置和大小都提出了相应的要求。
24. 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。
25. The rich batten on the poor.
    富人靠剥削穷人发财。
26. The border that seals with batten allows easy become damp or burst apart.
    用木条封的边轻易发潮或崩裂。
27. Schools that choose to take in expats and teach them using a non-Chinese syllabus cannot also take in Chinese nationals, says Mr batten of the British School of Beijing.
    北京英国学校的巴滕表示，选择招收在华外国学生，并用外国教学大纲对他们进行教育的学校，不能同时招收中国公民。
28. My sister's children were coming to stay so we had to batten down the hatches.
    我姐姐的孩子孽来住几天，我们得事先作好准备。
29. Mr batten acknowledges that as a result of the split, "it is harder for us to fill up" although he says the school can and does take many students who have dual nationality from China and another country.
    巴滕承认，由于这种划分，“我们要想填补市场变得更加困难”，但他表示，他们的学校可以并已经招了许多拥有中国及另一个国家国籍的双国籍学生。
30. We batten down, and turn our faces towards the dissolving and vaporising and falling away of things.
    我们准备过冬，开始直面事物的消解和逝去。

batten sth↔down

1. 用木板固定某物
   to fix sth firmly in position with wooden boards

batten on sb

1. 靠（别人的钱等）享福；损人肥己
   to live well by using other people's money, etc.

v.

batten down the hatches

• 做好迎接困难的准备
  to prepare yourself for a period of difficulty or trouble
• （风暴来临前）封住底舱口
  to firmly shut all the entrances to the lower part, especially because a storm is expected

noun

1. a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

2. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

   Synonym:    batting

verb

1. secure with battens
   1. batten down a ship's hatches

2. furnish with battens
   1. batten ships

   Synonym:    batten downsecure