1 [V] ~ (out) (of a young bird, fish, insect, etc. 小鳥、小魚) to come out of an egg 孵出；出殼 ： Ten chicks hatched (out) this morning. 今早有十只小雞出殼了。
2 [V] ~ (out) (of an egg 蛋) to break open so that a young bird, fish, insect,
etc. can come out 孵化；破殼 ： The eggs are about to hatch. 這些蛋就要孵化了。
3 [VN] to make a young bird, fish, insect, etc. come out of an egg 使（小鳥、小魚、小蟲等）孵出 ： The female must find a warm place to hatch her eggs. 母的必須找個溫暖的地方孵蛋。