[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]怀孕的；妊娠的 If a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has a baby or babies developing in her body.
Lena got pregnant and married...
莉娜怀孕并结婚了。
Tina was pregnant with their first daughter.
蒂娜怀了他们的第一个女儿。
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[ADJ 形容词]耐人寻味的；意味深长的；心照不宣的 A pregnant silence or moment has a special meaning which is not obvious but which people are aware of.
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There was a long, pregnant silence.
当时出现了长时间耐人寻味的沉默。
...a deceptive peace, pregnant with invisible threats.
一种和平的假象，潜伏着许多无形的威胁
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preg·nant★/ˈpreɡnənt; NAmEˈpreɡnənt/adjective1★(of a woman or female animal 妇女或母兽)having a baby or young animal developing inside her/its body 怀孕的；妊娠的◆My wife is pregnant.我妻子怀孕了。◆I was pregnant with our third child at the time.当时我正怀着我们的第三个孩子。◆a heavily pregnantwoman (= one whose baby is nearly ready to be born)临产期孕妇◆to get/become pregnant怀孕◆He got his girlfriend pregnant and they're getting married.他让女友怀孕了，因此他们即将结婚。◆She's six months pregnant.她怀孕六个月了。☞collocationsat
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2pregnantwith sth ( formal) full of a quality or feeling 饱含；充溢着◆Her silences were pregnant with criticism.她的沉默里充满了批评之意。IDIOMa pregnant ˈpause/ˈsilencean occasion when nobody speaks, although people are aware that there are feelings or thoughts to express 耐人寻味的停顿；心照不宣的沉默preg·nant/ˈpreɡnənt; NAmEˈpreɡnənt/
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pregnantpreg‧nant /ˈpreɡnənt/ ●●○S3 adjective
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1if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body → pregnancy: medical care for pregnant women I knew right away that I was pregnant. I thought I was too old to get pregnant.twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant She’s about five months pregnant.pregnant with Maria was pregnant with her second child. I didn’t mean to get her pregnant (=make her pregnant). His wife was heavily pregnant (=almost ready to give birth).2pregnant pause/silence a pause or silence which is full of meaning or emotion: He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause.3pregnant with something formal containing a lot of a quality: Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.COLLOCATIONSverbsbecome pregnant· Sally 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 etc· The 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.
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