pregnant
英 ['pregnənt]
美['prɛɡnənt]
- adj. 怀孕的；富有意义的
助记提示
1. pregnant(怀孕)扑来个男的。
中文词源
pregnant 怀孕的
pre-,在前，-gn,生育，生产，词源同gene,generate.即即将生育的。
英英释意
- 1. carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
- 2. rich in significance or implication;
- "a meaning look"
- "pregnant with meaning"
- 3. filled with or attended with;
- "words fraught with meaning"
- "an incident fraught with danger"
- "a silence pregnant with suspense"
英文词源
- pregnant
- pregnant: [16] Latin praegnās ‘pregnant’ probably originated as a compound formed from prae ‘before’ and gnascī or nascī ‘be born’ (source of English nation, native, etc). It was altered to praegnāns, bringing it in line with present participial adjectives ending in -āns, and was borrowed into English in its stem form as pregnant. From it was derived the verb impregnāre, from which English gets impregnate [16], but English impregnable is quite unrelated, despite its similarity – it comes from Latin prehendere ‘seize’ (source also of English apprehend, comprehend, etc).
=> impregnate, nation, native, nature - pregnant (adj.2)
- "convincing, weighty, pithy," late 14c., "cogent, convincing, compelling" (of evidence, an argument, etc.); sense of "full of meaning" is from c. 1400. According to OED from Old French preignant, present participle of preindre "press, squeeze, stamp, crush," from earlier priembre, from Latin premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). But Watkins has it from Latin praehendere "to grasp, seize," and in Barnhart it is from Latin praegnans "with child," literally "before birth" and thus identical with pregnant (adj.1).
- pregnant (adj.1)
- "with child," early 15c., from Latin praegnantem (nominative praegnans, originally praegnas) "with child," literally "before birth," probably from prae- "before" (see pre-) + root of gnasci "be born" (see genus).
Retained its status as a taboo word until c. 1950; modern euphemisms include anticipating, enceinte, expecting, in a family way, in a delicate (or interesting) condition. Old English terms included mid-bearne, literally "with child;" bearn-eaca, literally "child-adding" or "child-increasing;" and geacnod "increased." Among c. 1800 slang terms for "pregnant" was poisoned (in reference to the swelling).
考试真题
- Pregnant employees struggled to keep up.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- You know, Lisa, what they say about pregnant women really is true.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- I've heard that at a factory in the area two pregnant women who were working with paint requested a transfer to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to their unborn babies.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- Many major donors and the United Nations are targeting hunger-relief programs at pregnant women and young children.
2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
- There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news.
出自-2011年考研阅读原文
- More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those initial doses were of the Flumist nasal spray type, which is not recommended for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, hear
2010年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ
- There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual "Jennifer Aniston is pregnant" news.
2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- My wife is pregnant.
- 我妻子怀孕了。
牛津词典
- I was pregnant with our third child at the time.
- 当时我正怀着我们的第三个孩子。
牛津词典
- a heavily pregnant woman (= one whose baby is nearly ready to be born)
- 临产期孕妇
牛津词典
- to get/become pregnant
- 怀孕
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- She's six months pregnant.
- 她怀孕六个月了。
牛津词典
- Her silences were pregnant with criticism.
- 她的沉默里充满了批评之意。
牛津词典
- Lena got pregnant and married...
- 莉娜怀孕并结婚了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Tina was pregnant with their first daughter.
- 蒂娜怀了他们的第一个女儿。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was a long, pregnant silence.
- 当时出现了长时间耐人寻味的沉默。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a deceptive peace, pregnant with invisible threats.
- 一种和平的假象，潜伏着许多无形的威胁
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was a civil case so there was no question of him being sent to prison.
- 这是一桩民事案件,因此他没有被送进监狱的可能.
期刊摘选
- The pregnant woman needed to breathe deeply when her heart was beating with such fierceness.
- 当这位孕妇的心如此猛烈地跳动时,她需要做深呼吸.
《简明英汉词典》
- She is a pregnant woman.
- 她是一名孕妇.
《简明英汉词典》
- The pregnant woman looked forward to her maternity.
- 孕妇期待着做母亲.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She is pregnant with her first child.
- 她怀了第一胎.
《简明英汉词典》
- His words were followed by a pregnant pause.
- 他说完话,接着是一段意味深长的停顿.
《简明英汉词典》
- All nature seemed pregnant with life.
- 整个大自然似乎充满了活力.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Then she dropped her bombshell. " I'm pregnant.
- ”然后她说出了令人震惊的事, “ 我怀孕了. ”
《简明英汉词典》
- His words are pregnant with meaning.
- 他的言辞富有意义.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She is five months pregnant.
- 她怀孕5个月了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I became pregnant easily. At least I've had no problems on that score.
- 我很容易就怀上了孩子。至少在那方面我没有问题。
柯林斯例句
- She said snappishly. "I'm not pregnant, Brian."
- 她没好气地说：“布赖恩，我没有怀孕。”
柯林斯例句
- Janet looked very pregnant.
- 珍妮特看上去显然是怀孕了。
柯林斯例句
- Never douche if you are pregnant.
- 怀孕时千万不要冲洗阴道。
柯林斯例句
- The association is advising pregnant women, the very young and the elderly to avoid such foods.
- 协会建议孕妇、儿童和老年人不要食用此类食物。
柯林斯例句