wooden batten
木製擋條
metal batten
金屬擋條
batten down
封艙；採取果斷行動以迎接困難
batten on
靠…養肥；靠…而興旺
batten down the hatches.
釘上艙口壓條封閉艙口
Stephen was battening down the shutters.
斯蒂溫正用板條固定百葉窗。
slumlords who batten on the poor.
破屋的房東專以損害窮人的利益而中飽私囊
multinational monopolies batten on the working classes.
跨國壟斷者靠工人階級發達起來。
There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.
暴風雨就要來了,讓我們把艙口都封住。
Hollywood is battening down the hatches in expectation of a strike by actors and writers this summer.
好萊塢正在做好準備應付今年夏天的演員和作家罷工。
Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.
希拉低頭盯着地面，似乎準備好要迎接一場情緒風暴。
來源: New York TimesIt's time to batten down the hatches and prepare for another very bumpy ride.
現在是時候放下艙口，並準備另一個非常顛簸的航程。
來源: A bet.So really battening down the hatches.
所以真的把艙口打下來了。
來源: Financial Times PodcastBatten down the hatches, young 'un.
做好準備，年輕人。
來源: Paddington BearBetter batten down the hatches, B.
最好未雨綢繆吧 B。
來源: Gossip Girl Season 4Well, isn't battening down the hatches usually the best way?
按常理 此刻堅守不出難道不是上策嗎？
來源: Silk Season 2OK, so message to listeners is very much: batten down the hatches.
好的，所以給聽衆的信息非常多：做好準備。
來源: Financial Times Podcast'My heart sinks when I think how we've battened on you all our lives and have given you nothing in return.
“當我想到我們一生都在打擊你， 卻沒有給你任何回報時， 我的心就沉了下去。
來源: VeilAs the shuttles dashed through the warp they lifted up the heavy battens, and when the shuttles stopped they let the battens fall and pressed the threads together.
每當梭子飛快地穿過經線的時候，織工們便把沉重的箱座抬起，梭子一停下來又立即放下筘座，把線壓在一起。
來源: Selected Fairy Tales by Oscar WildeI pulled down the old rafters, fixed the new ones, put on the battens, slated the roof, all with my own hands, Worm being my assistant.
我拆下舊椽子， 固定新的，裝上板條，給屋頂鋪石板， 全部都是我親手完成的， 沃姆是我的助手。
來源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)wooden batten
木製擋條
metal batten
金屬擋條
batten down
封艙；採取果斷行動以迎接困難
batten on
靠…養肥；靠…而興旺
batten down the hatches.
釘上艙口壓條封閉艙口
Stephen was battening down the shutters.
斯蒂溫正用板條固定百葉窗。
slumlords who batten on the poor.
破屋的房東專以損害窮人的利益而中飽私囊
multinational monopolies batten on the working classes.
跨國壟斷者靠工人階級發達起來。
There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.
暴風雨就要來了,讓我們把艙口都封住。
Hollywood is battening down the hatches in expectation of a strike by actors and writers this summer.
好萊塢正在做好準備應付今年夏天的演員和作家罷工。
Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.
希拉低頭盯着地面，似乎準備好要迎接一場情緒風暴。
來源: New York TimesIt's time to batten down the hatches and prepare for another very bumpy ride.
現在是時候放下艙口，並準備另一個非常顛簸的航程。
來源: A bet.So really battening down the hatches.
所以真的把艙口打下來了。
來源: Financial Times PodcastBatten down the hatches, young 'un.
做好準備，年輕人。
來源: Paddington BearBetter batten down the hatches, B.
最好未雨綢繆吧 B。
來源: Gossip Girl Season 4Well, isn't battening down the hatches usually the best way?
按常理 此刻堅守不出難道不是上策嗎？
來源: Silk Season 2OK, so message to listeners is very much: batten down the hatches.
好的，所以給聽衆的信息非常多：做好準備。
來源: Financial Times Podcast'My heart sinks when I think how we've battened on you all our lives and have given you nothing in return.
“當我想到我們一生都在打擊你， 卻沒有給你任何回報時， 我的心就沉了下去。
來源: VeilAs the shuttles dashed through the warp they lifted up the heavy battens, and when the shuttles stopped they let the battens fall and pressed the threads together.
每當梭子飛快地穿過經線的時候，織工們便把沉重的箱座抬起，梭子一停下來又立即放下筘座，把線壓在一起。
來源: Selected Fairy Tales by Oscar WildeI pulled down the old rafters, fixed the new ones, put on the battens, slated the roof, all with my own hands, Worm being my assistant.
我拆下舊椽子， 固定新的，裝上板條，給屋頂鋪石板， 全部都是我親手完成的， 沃姆是我的助手。
來源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)探索常見搜尋詞彙