| 单词 | to be caught out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get) caught out c. colloquial. to be (also get) caught out: to become pregnant; spec. to have an unplanned pregnancy. Cf. main sense 15. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > conceive [verb (intransitive)] trima1325 conceivec1375 greatenc1390 to fall with child (also bairn)a1464 impregnate1711 start1846 catch1858 fall1891 click1936 to be caught out1957 to fall for ——1957 big1982 1957 J. Osborne Look Back in Anger i. 29 I'm pregnant. After three years of married life, I have to get caught out now. 1981 Daily Mail 23 June 12/4 Teenage pregnancies..the Eleventh Commandment (‘Thou shalt not be caught out’). 1989 D. Palmer Sutton's Way iv. 71 ‘Elliot isn't yours?’ she asked softly. He shook his head. ‘His mother was having an affair with a married man and she got caught out.’ 2010 H. Dunmore Betrayal 325 She was pregnant and they were all teasing her for getting caught out when she was forty. < as lemmas |
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