英语释义
1. to grow fat
2. to feed gluttonously
3. to grow prosperous especially at the expense of another —usually used with on
4. fatten
5. a piece of lumber used especially for flooring
6. a thin narrow strip of lumber used especially to seal or reinforce a joint
7. a strip, bar, or support resembling or used similarly to a batten (as in a sail)
8. to furnish with battens
9. to fasten with or as if with battens —often used with down
10. to make one secure by or as if by battens
battening down for the hurricane
11. to prepare for a difficult or dangerous situation
12. a long thin piece of wood that is used to connect and support other pieces of wood
13. to secure by or as if by fastening —often used with down
Everything on the ship's deck was battened down.
14. to prepare for possible trouble or difficulty —often used with down
People battened down in preparation for winter.