a long narrow piece of wood that is used to keep other building materials in place on a wall or roof 挂瓦条，压条，板条（用于固定其他建筑材料） Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French batant, present participle (used as a noun) of batre ‘to beat’, from Latin battuere.
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batten
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they batten | |
| he / she / it battens | |
| past simple battened | |
| past participle battened | |
| -ing form battening |
Idioms
batten down the hatches
to prepare yourself for a period of difficulty or trouble 做好迎接困难的准备 A natural tendency in times of recession is to batten down the hatches and think about our own needs. 经济衰退时期的一个自然趋势是做好准备，考虑我们自己的需求。
(on a ship 船上 to shut all the entrances to the lower part, especially because a storm is expected （风暴来临前）封住底舱口
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