| 单词 | pregnant |
| 释义 | Related topics: Birth, Biologypreg·nant /ˈpreɡnənt/ ●●○ S3 adjective 1 MBBABY/HAVE A BABYif a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body 怀孕的，妊娠的 → pregnancy medical care for pregnant women 孕妇保健 I knew right away that I was pregnant. 我立即明白我怀孕了。 I thought I was too old to get pregnant. 我觉得自己年龄太大，已经不能怀孕了。twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant She’s about five months pregnant. 她怀孕五个月左右。pregnant with Maria was pregnant with her second child. 玛丽亚怀着她的第二个孩子。 I didn’t mean to get her pregnant (=make her pregnant). 我没想让她怀孕。 His wife was heavily pregnant (=almost ready to give birth). 他的妻子即将临产。2 pregnant pause/silence SHOW/BE A SIGN OFa pause or silence which is full of meaning or emotion 耐人寻味[意味深长]的停顿/沉默 He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause. 他停住了，那是个意味深长的停顿。3 pregnant with something formalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT containing a lot of a quality 蕴涵丰富的…，饱含… Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning. 这首诗的片言只语都充满深意。n COLLOCATIONSverbsbecome pregnantSally became pregnant, and gave birth to a baby son.get pregnant informal (=become pregnant)She got pregnant when she was sixteen.get somebody pregnant (=make a woman pregnant, usually without planning to)At least he didn't get you pregnant.adverbstwelve weeks pregnant/two months pregnant etcThe doctor said that she was eight weeks pregnant.heavily pregnant (=having almost reached the time when you will give birth)I saw at once that the woman was heavily pregnant.Examples from the Corpuspregnant• She thought perhaps the baby was very clever: her friends remarked upon how sharp she'd got since she became pregnant.• They are against it, except if they, their secret lover or their 14-year-old daughter is pregnant.• Within a few months, Gordeeva was pregnant.• We can't stop teens from having sex, but we can help them to avoid getting pregnant.• When did you find out you were pregnant?• By this time I was heavily pregnant and could hardly get into any of my clothes.• They went back to natural oestrogen, a cumbersome and expensive product, harvested from the urine of pregnant mares.• Three months later, she shows up pregnant on his doorstep.• When Janette was three months pregnant, she caught flu.• When our cat was pregnant she looked like a round, furry ball.• When she was pregnant, she washed clothes.• In her alternative class for pregnant teens at school, she was surrounded by 13 -, 14-and 15-year-olds.• When I was pregnant with Mandy, I felt fat and unattractive.• It was an interesting move pregnant with unforeseen circumstances, not least the concern and misunderstanding to which it gave rise locally.• The health centre provides milk and vitamins for pregnant women.heavily pregnant• Then I went to an aqua class with my neighbour who was heavily pregnant at the time.• She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water.• But please note that you shouldn't move heavily pregnant livebearers, as it can cause them to miscarry.• When I was heavily pregnant we lived in one room that was infested with red ants.Origin pregnant (1400-1500) Latin praegnans, from praegnas, from prae- ( → PRE-) + gnatus “born”preg·nant adjective →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable pregnant, woman has an is if she or a female animal Corpus |
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