[体]钉上压条; 封舱
封舱；采取果断行动以迎接困难
There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.───暴风雨快来了, 让我们封舱吧.
But for now, batten down the hatches and get ready for some wild weather!───但目前则应未雨绸缪，为应付恶劣的天气作好准备。
As a storm was brewing the crew received orders to batten down the hatches.───风暴要来了,船员们奉命封舱.
Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches .───航海相关的另一个短语是batten down the hatches（未雨绸缪）。
The tornado is coming, so we had better batten down the hatches here and get to the cellar .───龙卷风即将来临，因此我们最好把这里的舱口封上，到地下室去。
They managed to batten down the shutters and doors before the hurricane hit.
batter down───v.打烂
batters down───v.打烂
batten on───靠…养肥；靠…而兴旺
beaten down───打倒；杀价；大雨倾盆而下；强烈地照射下来
gotten down───下来；吞下；使沮丧
battering down───v.打烂
battered down───v.打烂
written down───写下；减低账面价值；把…描写成
battened on───靠…养肥；靠…而兴旺