batten

n.

板条；压条；

vt.

用板条或压条固定；（损人利己地）养肥自己；

复数：battens过去式：battened过去分词：battened现在分词：battening第三人称单数：battens

batten down封舱；采取果断行动以迎接困难

batten down the hatches（喻）未雨绸缪；做好准备

batten on靠…养肥；靠…而兴旺

1. The clamp is secured to the window edge, and the batten slipped through the clamp.
   夹子固定在窗边上，板条从夹子里滑了出来。

1. There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.
   暴风雨就要来了,让我们把舱口都封住。
2. The hilly areas make good sheep pasture; sheep will batten on the lush grass.
   这一带山区是很好的牧羊场，羊吃了茂盛的青草会长得肥肥的。
3. The rich batten on the poor.
   富人靠剥削穷人发财。
4. It is not fair to batten on one's relatives.
   利用亲戚自饱私囊是不应该的。
5. The capitalists batten on the blood of the workers.
   资本家靠榨取工人的血汗养自已。

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Use of alar batten grafts for correction of nasal valve collapse
Ovine ceroid-lipofuscinosis: a model of Batten's disease
Neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis (Batten's disease): relationship to amaurotic family idiocy?
The ultrastructural characteristics of the abnormal cytosomes in Batten-Kufs' disease.
Mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit c storage in the ceroid-lipofuscinoses (Batten disease).
Lysosomal storage of subunit c of mitochondrial ATP synthase in Batten's disease (ceroid-lipofuscinosis).
Motor neuron degeneration of mice is a model of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten's disease)
Specific storage of subunit c of mitochondrial ATP synthase in lysosomes of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten's disease)
Participation of autophagy in storage of lysosomes in neurons from mouse models of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (Batten disease).