| 释义 |
pregnant1 /pregˈnənt/ adjective- (of a woman or female animal) carrying a child or young in the womb
- Impregnated
- Fertilized (obsolete)
- Heavily laden, swelling (obsolete)
- Fertile, teeming, fruitful (obsolete)
- (of the mind or wit) inventive, productive
- Productive of results, momentous, significant for the future
- Loaded (eg with significance, menace, etc)
- Full of meaning, significance or implications
- Pithy, witty, to the point (eg Shakespeare)
- Full of promise (obsolete)
- Receptive, disposed, ready, apt, ready to act (Shakespeare)
- Conveying a compressed meaning beyond what the grammatical construction can strictly carry (grammar)
ORIGIN: L praegnāns, -antis, from earlier praegnās, -ātis, thought to be from prae before, and the root of gnāscī to be born pregˈnancy or (obsolete) pregˈnance noun pregˈnantly adverb pregnant2 /pregˈnent/ (archaic) adjective (of evidence, proof, reasons, arguments) weighty, cogent, convincing, obvious or clear ORIGIN: OFr preignant, prp of preindre, from L premere to press |