封舱，（船只）在暴雨前作好准备

（喻）未雨绸缪；做好准备

to batten down the hatches───用板条封好舱口

go down the hatch───从舱口下去

down the hatch───干杯(饮酒前朋友之间的互祝之词)

down the hatch!───干杯(饮酒前朋友之间的互祝之词)

be going down the tubes───在管道里

bring down the house───博得满堂喝彩

go down the tubes───失败；毁坏；消失不见

The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.───所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击。

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。

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）。

There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.───暴风雨快来了, 让我们封舱吧.

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.

As a storm was brewing the crew received orders to batten down the hatches.

Most people batten down the hatches and look up in the month.

There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.

A natural tendency in times of recession is to batten down the hatches and think about our own needs.

When you're coming down with flu all you can do is batten down the hatches and wait for it to pass.

The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.

Another expression linked to sailing is batten down the hatches.

The tornado is coming, so we had better batten down the hatches here and get to the cellar.