He was busy battening down all the shutters and doors.

他正忙着用板条钉牢所有的百叶窗和门。

A man doesn't feel right, battening on his in-laws.

一个男人要靠姻亲过活是不好受的。

She avoided having to work by battening on her rich relatives.

她仗著她那些有钱的亲戚而不必工作，得以坐享清福。

The herdsman drove afield battening his flocks with the fresh dews of night.

牧人把羊群赶到野外，用夜晚的新鲜露水催肥。

A news report, for example, might say that people in Washington were battening down the hatches for a big winter storm.

例如，一则新闻报道可以说，华盛顿的人们正准备迎战暴风雪。

Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

或者报纸可能报道称“辩护律师正就目击证人证言进行辩护”。

Sailors were dashing about battening hatches, running lines, clearing the decks, lashing down everything that was not already lashed down.

水手们在甲板上奔波着钉上活门，整理绳索，清理甲板，绑紧任何没绑紧的东西。

By this time the wind and sea were getting far too big for this boat and normally we would be thinking about hove 'ing too and battening down the hatches.

风浪这时已经远远超出了我们这艘船的承受力，我们本来应该考虑让船进入求生存状态的。

This paper introduces the construction of weft insertion motion of rapier loom G1613, and analyses the movement regulation of weft insertion and battening.

介绍了G 1613型剑杆织机引纬系统的组成，对引纬系统的引纬和打纬等机构的运动规律进行了分析与讨论。