batten down

A hatch is a type of door , to batten down a hatch means to close and lock the door .

11Battendownthehatches未雨绸缪舱门是门的一种，用木条压住舱门意味着关上和锁上舱门。

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）。

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。

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。

Batten down the hatches . Brad , hoist the anchor .

关紧舱门.升起锚钩.

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 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！

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。

Batten down a ship 's hatches .

给轮船的舱口钉上板条。

Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches . That is what sailors do to prepare their ship for a storm at sea .

另外一个和航海相关的短语是battendownthehatches（未雨绸缪），水手们在海上为暴风雨做准备。

Us petrol prices leapt as tropical storm Isaac churned across the Gulf of Mexico , forcing refineries to batten down operations at a time of declining fuel stocks .

美国汽油价格昨日跃升，这是因为热带风暴“艾萨克”（isaac）即将席卷墨西哥湾，迫使炼油厂在燃油库存下降之际停产。

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。

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。