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- pregnant ['prεgnənt]
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1.
adj
carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
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2.
adj
full of meaning or significance
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3.
adj
inventive or imaginative
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4.
adj
prolific or fruitful
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5.
adj
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin praegn
a ns with child, from prae before + (g)nasci to be born
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1.
adj
carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
Examples
- a pregnant cause
- 富于成果的事业 → pregnant
- Jenny is anxious for Tom to know she's pregnant.
- 詹妮急于想让汤姆知道她怀孕了。
- She said there was a pregnant pause before the committee moved on to other matters.
- 她说在一个意味深长的停顿之后，委员们才继续处理其他问题。 → pause
- She played a really nasty trick on her ex-boyfriend and told him she that is pregnant!
- 她以各种无耻的手段欺骗前男友，告诉他自己怀孕了。 → trick
- I've got news for you, I'm pregnant!
- 我有消息要告诉你，我怀孕了！
- The test demonstrated beyond question that she is pregnant.
- 测试毫无疑问地显示她怀孕了。
- to fall ill/pregnant
- 生病/怀孕 → fall
- heavily pregnant
- 怀孕后期 → heavily
- 3 months pregnant
- 怀孕3个月 → pregnant
- when I was pregnant with Stephen
- 当我怀着斯蒂芬的时候 → pregnant
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