A hatchway is an opening you pass through, most often in the floor of a ship (the deck), and sometimes in the floor, ceiling, or roof of a building. Picture a hole with a cover: the cover is the hatch; the hatchway is the opening and the short way down or through.

A hatchway一個 hatchway is an opening you pass through是一個你會穿過的開口 most often in the floor of a ship (the deck)最常出現在船的甲板上 and sometimes in the floor, ceiling, or roof of a building有時也在建築物的地板、天花板或屋頂 Picture a hole with a cover想像一個有蓋子的洞 the cover is the hatch蓋子叫 hatch the hatchway is the opening and the short way down or through而 hatchway 就是那個開口，以及往下或穿過去的一小段路

Sailors go down a hatchway to rooms below. People often just say hatch for the same hole, so the two words sit very close in real talk.

Sailors go down a hatchway船員會從 hatchway 往下走 to rooms below到下面的艙房 People often just say hatch for the same hole人們常常就直接用 hatch 指同一個洞 so the two words sit very close in real talk所以這兩個字在實際說話裡靠得很近

You will meet this more in ship stories, old warehouses, and safety signs than in everyday city chat. It is a physical doorway-hole — not the verb hatch, when a chick comes out of an egg, even though the first part looks the same.

You will meet this more in ship stories, old warehouses, and safety signs你比較會在船的故事、老舊倉庫和安全標示裡遇到這個字 than in everyday city chat而不是日常城市對話 It is a physical doorway-hole這是一個實際的門洞 not the verb hatch而不是動詞 hatch when a chick comes out of an egg小雞從蛋裡孵出來的那個意思 even though the first part looks the same雖然前半部分看起來一樣