英语词汇“impregnate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Use the verb impregnate to describe what happens when a male of any animal species makes a female pregnant. Human fathers impregnate mothers — otherwise, they would not become fathers.

When dog breeders mate two German shepherds, they hope that the male will impregnate the female, or make her pregnant. When your cat has kittens, it's because the neighbor's cat impregnated her several months earlier. The Latin root, impraegnare, comes from in, "into," and praegnare, "pregnant."

WORD FAMILY

impregnate: impregnable, impregnated, impregnates, impregnating, impregnation+/impregnability: impregnabilities/impregnable: impregnability, impregnably/impregnation: impregnations

USAGE EXAMPLES

Out of curiosity they devised an experiment using a surface texture impregnated with oil.

Economist(Dec 01, 2016)

If the stars could be impregnated with other drugs, then things now requiring daily or more frequent doses might be delivered on a one-horse-pill-per-fortnight basis.

Economist(Nov 16, 2016)

Her grandfather, a doctor in Kentucky, was the descendant of a slave impregnated by her master.

New York Times(Nov 13, 2016)

1v make pregnant

He impregnated his wife again

Syn|Hyper

bang up

fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate

introduce semen into (a female)

2v fertilize and cause to grow

the egg was impregnated

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bang up

make pregnant

inoculate

impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune

fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate

introduce semen into (a female)

1v infuse or fill completely

Impregnate the cloth with alcohol

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

saturate

medicate

impregnate with a medicinal substance

alcoholise, alcoholize

treat or infuse with alcohol

imbue, soak

fill, soak, or imbue totally

ammonify

treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification

thoriate

impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission

stuff

treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

charge

saturate

drench, imbrue

permeate or impregnate

infuse, steep

let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

brew

sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor

fill, fill up, make full

make full, also in a metaphorical sense

2v fill, as with a certain quality

Syn|Hyper

infuse, instill, tincture

fill, fill up, make full

make full, also in a metaphorical sense

单词	impregnate
释义	impregnate (once / 1076 pages) 1v 2v Use the verb impregnate to describe what happens when a male of any animal species makes a female pregnant. Human fathers impregnate mothers — otherwise, they would not become fathers. When dog breeders mate two German shepherds, they hope that the male will impregnate the female, or make her pregnant. When your cat has kittens, it's because the neighbor's cat impregnated her several months earlier. The Latin root, impraegnare, comes from in, "into," and praegnare, "pregnant." WORD FAMILY impregnate: impregnable, impregnated, impregnates, impregnating, impregnation+/impregnability: impregnabilities/impregnable: impregnability, impregnably/impregnation: impregnations USAGE EXAMPLES Out of curiosity they devised an experiment using a surface texture impregnated with oil. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) If the stars could be impregnated with other drugs, then things now requiring daily or more frequent doses might be delivered on a one-horse-pill-per-fortnight basis. Economist(Nov 16, 2016) Her grandfather, a doctor in Kentucky, was the descendant of a slave impregnated by her master. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) 1 1v make pregnant He impregnated his wife again Syn\|Hyper bang up fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate introduce semen into (a female) 2v fertilize and cause to grow the egg was impregnated Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bang up make pregnant inoculate impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate introduce semen into (a female) 2 1v infuse or fill completely Impregnate the cloth with alcohol Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper saturate medicate impregnate with a medicinal substance alcoholise, alcoholize treat or infuse with alcohol imbue, soak fill, soak, or imbue totally ammonify treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification thoriate impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission stuff treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting charge saturate drench, imbrue permeate or impregnate infuse, steep let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse brew sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense 2v fill, as with a certain quality Syn\|Hyper infuse, instill, tincture fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense
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