单词 | expectant |
释义 | expectant —expectantly, adv. /ik spek"teuhnt/, 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. 5. a person who expects or who waits in expectation. [1350-1400; ME < L expectant- (s. of expectans), prp. of expectare to EXPECT; see -ANT] |
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