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pregnant

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adj.怀孕的,重要的,富有意义的,孕育的

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pregnant


/'pregnənt; `prɛˇnənt/
adj
1 (of a woman or female animal) having a baby or young animal developing in the womb (指妇女或雌性动物)怀孕的, 妊娠的
*She was six months pregnant, ie had been pregnant for six months. 她那时已怀有六个月的身孕.
* She is/got pregnant by another man. 是另一个男子使她怀孕的.
2 ~ with sth
(a) full of sth 充满着某事物的; 富于某事物的
*pregnant with joy, meaning, possibilities 洋溢着喜悦之情的、富有意义的、具有各种可能性的.
(b) likely to cause sth 可能产生某事物的
*pregnant with consequences, danger 可能产生重大影响的、造成危险的.
3 (idm 习语) a pregnant `pause/`silence pause/silence full of unexpressed meaning or significance 耐人寻味的或意味深长的停顿[沉默]
*There was a pregnant pause before she answered my question. 她耐人寻味地停顿了一下才回答我的问题.
* His only reaction was a pregnant silence. 他唯一的反应是一阵意味深长的沉默.

pregnant


adj
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: praegnans, from praegnas, from prae- ( PRE-) + gnatus 'born']
if 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) .
pregnant pause/silence
a pause or silence which is full of meaning or emotion
 He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause.
pregnant with sth
formal containing a lot of a quality
 Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.
1. Banks stocked with the frozen sperm of geniuses already exist, but they haven't created a master race because few women are queuing up to get pregnant this way.
    已经有了贮存天才的冷冻精子的精子库,但它们还没有生成一个优等族,原因是很少有妇女排队等候以这种方式怀孕。

2. While eight months pregnant, in 1983, Engelbreit decided to start her own company.
    1983年,怀孕8个月的恩格尔布赖特决定成立自己的公司。

3. The pregnant woman has an enlarged abdomen.
    那位有身孕的妇人有增大的下腹。

4. How long has she been pregnant?
    她怀孕多久了?

5. So this is a very pregnant moment, not only for the future of America, but also for all of the mature industrial economies and, ultimately, for the world at large.
    因此这是个至关重要的时刻,这不仅仅对美国的未来、而且对所有成熟的工业化国家,并且最终对整个世界来说都是至关重要的。

6. One woman lived eight miles from town, had a drinking problem and thought she was pregnant.
    有一名妇女住在离城8英里的地方,她酗酒,而且认为自己怀孕了。

7. I remember how carefully I ate when I was pregnant,
    我记得自己怀孕时,吃东西的时候是多么当心啊!

8. I asked if she'd been to the doctor to see if she really was pregnant.
    我问她有没有看过医生,确定一下是否真的怀了孕。

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