单词 | impregnate |
释义 | Word Frequency impregnateverb (ˈɪmprɛɡˌneɪt) (transitive) 1. to saturate, soak, or infuse to impregnate a cloth with detergent 2. to imbue or permeate; pervade 3. to cause to conceive; make pregnant 4. to fertilize (an ovum) 5. to make (land, soil, etc) fruitful adjective (ɪmˈprɛɡnɪt, -ˌneɪt) 6. pregnant or fertilized Derived forms impregnation (ˌimpregˈnation) noun impregnator (imˈpregnator) noun Word origin C17: from Late Latin impraegnāre to make pregnant, from Latin im- in-2 + praegnans pregnant |
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