Pregnant



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 怀孕的; 充满的
• ［英］ adj. 怀孕的 ( gravid) ; 充满的 ( full, teeming)
• ［类］ 反义词: inane ( 空洞的)
• ［记］ pregn ( 拿住) +ant -> 拿住孩子 -> 怀孕
• ［同］ 同根词: pregnable ( 可攻克的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin praegnant-, praegnans carrying a fetus, alteration of praegnas, from prae- pre- + -gnas (akin to gignere to give birth to) — more at kin
• Date: 14th century
• 1. archaic cogent
• 2. abounding in fancy, wit, or resourcefulness ; inventive <all this has been said…by great and pregnant artists — Times Literary Supplement>
• 3. rich in significance or implication ; meaningful, profound <the pregnant phrases of the Bible — Edmund Wilson><a pregnant pause>
• 4. containing a developing embryo, fetus, or unborn offspring within the body ; gravid
• 5. having possibilities of development or consequence ; involving important issues ; momentous <draw inspiration from the heroic achievements of that pregnant age — Kemp Malone>
• 6. obsolete inclined, disposed <your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear — Shakespeare>
• 7. full, teeming
• ? pregnantly adverb

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