expectant
美音:
[ık´spektənt
]英音:
[ık´spektənt
]adj.预期的,期待的,[律](有继承权而)期待占有的 n.预期者,期待者
难易程度:
expectant为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:expectantly
词根
spec,spect=to see,to look(看见)
近义词, 同义词
expectant
/ɪk'spektənt; ɪk`spɛktənt/
adj expecting (esp sth good); hopeful 期待的; 期望的; 怀有希望的
*(fml 文) children with expectant faces waiting for the pantomime to start 眼巴巴地等候童话剧开演的儿童们.
expectant
adj [usually before noun]
hopeful that something good or exciting will happen, or showing this
a row of expectant faces
expectant mother/father
a mother or father whose baby will be born soon
>expectantlyadv
He looked expectantly at Sarah, but she didn't speak.