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单词 expectant
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ex•pect•ant /ɪkˈspɛktənt/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. having or marked by expectations: an expectant audience.
  2. [before a noun] pregnant: an expectant mother.
ex•pect•ant•ly, adv. See -spec-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ex•pect•ant  (ik spek′tənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. having expectations;
    expecting:an excited, expectant audience.
  2. pregnant;
    expecting:an expectant mother.
  3. characterized by expectations:an expectant attitude.
  4. in expectation;
    expected;
    prospective:an expectant fortune.

n. 
  1. a person who expects or who waits in expectation.
  • Latin expectant- (stem of expectāns), present participle of expectāre to expect; see -ant
  • Middle English 1350–1400
ex•pect′ant•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
expectant /ɪkˈspɛktənt/ adj
  1. expecting, anticipating, or hopeful
  2. having expectations, esp of possession of something or prosperity
  3. pregnant
 n
  1. a person who expects something

exˈpectantly adv
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