pregnant
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has a baby or babies developing in her body. 懷孕的
Lena got pregnant and married. 莉娜懷了孕竝結了婚。
2. ADJ A pregnant silence or moment has a special meaning that is not obvious but that people are aware of. 耐人尋味的[ADJ n, v-link ADJ 'with' n]
There was a long, pregnant silence, which Mrs. Madrigal punctuated by reaching for the cheque. 馬德裡加爾太太伸手去拿那支票，打破了那一陣長時間的、耐人尋味的沉默。
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pregnant /?pr?ɡn?nt/
劍橋詞典
- Faintness and morning sickness can be signs that you are pregnant.
- Heavily pregnant by now, she lowered herself carefully into the chair .
- Now six months pregnant, Gina's belly had begun to swell .
- She thought she was pregnant, but it turned out to be a false alarm .
- I was absolutely enormous when I was pregnant.
pregnant adjective (FEMALE)
(of a woman and some female animals ) having a baby or babies developing inside the womb懷孕的，妊娠的
She's five and a half months pregnant. 她懷孕有5個半月了。
My mother stopped smoking when she became pregnant. 我母親懷孕後就不吸菸了。
He believes that men who get (= make) young girls pregnant should be severely punished . 他認爲使少女懷孕的男人應受嚴懲。
My sister is pregnant with twins . 我姐姐懷了雙胞胎。
例句
pregnant adjective (MEANING)
filled with meaning or importance that has not yet been expressed or understood
意味深長的，意義重大的
There followed a pregnant pause in which both knew what the other was thinking but neither knew what to say. 接下來是意味深長的沉默，雙方都知道對方在想些什麼，但都不知道該說什麼。 返回 pregnant