| 单词 | expectant |
| 释义 | expectant (once / 598 pages) adj If you're expectant, you're waiting excitedly for something. A throng of expectant fans might wait outside a concert venue, hoping for a glimpse of the band arriving. When someone's expectant, they are anticipating something good, eagerly awaiting it. When you're hoping for a call, your expectant glance might land on your cell phone every five minutes, and if you're especially hungry for lunch, you might keep an expectant eye on the clock during math class. Because pregnant women tend to be excitedly waiting for a baby to be born, they're also commonly described as expectant. WORD FAMILYexpectant: expectancy, expectantly+/expect: expectable, expectant, expectation, expected, expecting, expects/expectable: expectably/expectancy: expectancies/expectation: expectations/expected: expectedly, expectedness, unexpected/unexpected: unexpecteder, unexpectedly, unexpectedness USAGE EXAMPLESThe youngest expectant mother she’s seen was in eighth grade. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Johnson is an expectant father and celebrated his 25th birthday on Dec. 16. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) Nursing and expectant mothers get special treatment, and new animals always warm quickly to their new surroundings. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1adj marked by eager anticipation an expectant hush Syn anticipant, anticipative hopeful having or manifesting hope 2adj in an advanced stage of pregnancy Syn big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child pregnant carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life |
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