| 单词 | gestate |
| 释义 | gestate (once / 8867 pages) v It's unclear just how long it took for the idea for the website to gestate. Did he think of it right away, or did it take months for him to come up with the idea? When something is gestating, it's literally in the womb, developing into whatever it will be when it's finally born. Other things besides living organisms can gestate, however. Frequently, gestate is used to refer to ideas and plans while they're in the development phase. The idea for a new way to market music to a generation of kids who expect it to be free was gestating for years before iTunes was launched. A gestation period is the time it takes for something to be born. Humans, for example, gestate for nine months. WORD FAMILYgestate: gestated, gestates, gestating, gestation+/gestation: gestational, gestations USAGE EXAMPLES"The woman who gestates the baby...is the mother." New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) The Zika virus, which takes about a week to gestate in a mosquito’s body, does so much less efficiently at lower temperatures. New York Times(Aug 23, 2016) Her mom jerked a thumb At the freshman’s huge tum Before bellowing, “Shirley, you gestate!” Washington Post(Sep 15, 2016) 1v be pregnant with Syn|Hyper bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born expectlook forward to the birth of a child bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born 2v have the idea for Syn|Hypo|Hyper conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize design conceive or fashion in the mind; invent preconceiveconceive beforehand discover, findmake a discovery, make a new finding create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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