Pregnant Woman Baby ˈpreɡnənt Animal I Heavily Months
This flashcard defines the word "pregnant" primarily as an adjective meaning carrying an unborn baby or young. It also notes a secondary meaning as an adjective signifying something full of meaning or importance, often in the context of silence or moments.
This flashcard defines the word "pregnant" primarily as an adjective meaning carrying an unborn baby or young. It also notes a secondary meaning as an adjective signifying something full of meaning or importance, often in the context of silence or moments.
[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
Oxford
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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pregnant
[ˈpregnənt]
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怀孕的(81%)，意味深长的(12%)，充满的(7%)
adj.怀孕的；富有意义的
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