| 单词 | to fall with child |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall with child (also bairn) b. to fall with child (also bairn): to become pregnant. Cf. to fall pregnant at Phrases 2d. Chiefly Scottish or archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > conceive [verb (intransitive)] trima1325 conceivec1375 greatenc1390 to fall with child (also bairn)a1464 impregnate1711 start1846 catch1858 fall1891 click1936 to be caught out1957 to fall for ——1957 big1982 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 87 So fel sche with childe. 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 229 Catherine..in her second marriage fell sicke, and with Childe at one instant. 1632 J. Weemes Explan. Ceremoniall Lawes of Moses 140 An Hebrew had maried a captive woman, and had lyen with her and she fel with child. 1722 in H. Paton Penninghame Parish Rec. (1933) I. 479 The said..Jannet..confessed that she fell with child and parted with it in May last. ?1771 Whole Proc. Jocky & Maggy 21 I did wi her as I did wi our Maggy, when she fell wi bairn. 1821 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 17 515 From the birth of the still-born foetus..until she again fell with child, nearly seven months elapsed. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Fall wi' bairn, to become pregnant. 1965 D. W. Winnicott Family & Individual Developm. ii. xiii. 106 A person who..has either by design or by accident fallen with child. 2002 C. Grainger Bruised Blue (SCOTS) Ah kin unerstan hoo yi wur fixed—gae long whiles afore yi fell wi bairn. < as lemmas |
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