這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 （木）條板、壓條 · 靠別人吃穿、揩油過活
batten
n, vPicture a thin flat strip laid across something and nailed down. It is never the main structure and it carries no weight of its own. Its whole job is to cross over other pieces and hold them where they belong: a door that would bend, boards that would twist, a sheet of canvas whose edge would lift in the wind. Everything the word does grows out of that one strip pressing across and holding fast.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary derives the noun from Middle English bataunt, from Old French batent, a noun from batre (to beat, to strike). A batten is a strip you beat into place.
資料指出這個名詞來自中古英文 bataunt，源於古法文 batent，而 batent 出自 batre（打、敲）。壓條是一根一根敲打上去的，這個動作就留在字裡。
Wiktionary 'batten' etymology 2 (packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1277618077)
A second word, same spelling
batten
vThis batten is a different word that happens to be spelled the same. Picture an animal in a pen growing sleek and heavy on feed it never had to find for itself. Someone else grew the grain, someone else carried it in; the animal simply eats and gets fat. Move that picture onto a person and you get the modern use, along with the sour taste that comes with it.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces this verb to Old Norse batna (to grow better, to improve), from a root meaning good. Its earliest English uses are about fattening animals and enriching land.
資料指出這個動詞來自古北歐語 batna（變好、改善），字根的意思是「好」。它在英文裡最早的用法，講的正是把牲口養肥、把地養肥。
Wiktionary 'batten' etymology 1 (packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1277572108)
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