The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches. 所有船員被集合起來(lái)進(jìn)行封艙以防暴風(fēng)雨襲擊。
The threat of inflation forces many public institutions of the city batten down the hatches not to take a risk in stock market. 通貨膨脹的威脅已使城市許多公共機構作好準備,不去股票市場(chǎng)冒險。