单词 | pregnant |
释义 | pregnantpregnant /ˈprɛgnənt/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective 1science, biology, medicine if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her: When did you find out you were pregnant?pregnant with My wife was pregnant with our son.six weeks/four months etc. pregnant I think she’s only three months pregnant.heavily/very pregnant (=very close to giving birth)get/become pregnant I got pregnant when I was only 19.get somebody pregnant (=used to say that a man makes a woman pregnant, when this is not wanted or acceptable)2a pregnant pause/silence a pause or silence that is full of meaning or emotion, even though no one says anything3pregnant with something formal containing a lot of a quality or feeling: His voice was pregnant with contempt. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin praegnans, from praegnas, from prae- before + gnatus born] |
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