intransitive. Of a woman or female animal: to be pregnant (with offspring). Frequently with adverb or prepositional phrase as complement…
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释义 | the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > be pregnant [verb (intransitive)] (12) goOE intransitive. Of a woman or female animal: to be pregnant (with offspring). Frequently with adverb or prepositional phrase as complement… to go with childc1300 Pregnant. Hence to get with child, to go with child. Cf. to beget with child at beget, v. phrases. baga1400 intransitive. To be pregnant. (Also to be bagged.) gravidate1623 intransitive. To be gravid or pregnant. breed1629 absol. To be pregnant, to be with young or with child. (Now chiefly dialect.) (to be) in an interesting condition1748 (to be) in an interesting condition, interesting situation, interesting state: (to be) pregnant; also, to be interesting; interesting event: a birth. gestate1883 absol. or intransitive. Also figurative. expect1906 intransitive. colloquial. To have the birth of one's child in prospect. In later use chiefly: to be pregnant. Now usually in progressive tenses. infanticipate1934 intransitive. To be in the state of expecting a child. Subcategories:— show signs (1) — for specific time (1) — at specific stage (1) |
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