英语词汇“impregnate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

im·preg·nate

(ĭm-prĕgnāt)

tr.v. im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing, im·preg·nates

1. To make pregnant; inseminate.

2. To fertilize (an ovum, for example).

3. To fill throughout; saturate: a cotton wad that was impregnated with ether.

4. To permeate or imbue: impregnate a speech with optimism.

adj. (also -nĭt)

Saturated or filled.

[Probably from Late Latin impraegnātus, pregnant : Latin in-, in; see IN-² + Latin praegnātus, variant of praegnās, pregnant; see PREGNANT¹.]

im′preg·nation n.

im·pregna′tor n.

单词	impregnate
释义	im·preg·nate (ĭm-prĕgnāt) tr.v. im·preg·nat·ed, im·preg·nat·ing, im·preg·nates 1. To make pregnant; inseminate. 2. To fertilize (an ovum, for example). 3. To fill throughout; saturate: a cotton wad that was impregnated with ether. 4. To permeate or imbue: impregnate a speech with optimism. adj. (also -nĭt) Saturated or filled. [Probably from Late Latin impraegnātus, pregnant : Latin in-, in; see IN-² + Latin praegnātus, variant of praegnās, pregnant; see PREGNANT¹.] im′preg·nation n. im·pregna′tor n.
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