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

单词	expectant
释义	ex·pect·ant I. \ikˈspektənt, (ˈ)ek\|s-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English expectaunt, from Latin expectant-, exspectant-, expectans, exspectans, present participle of expectare, exspectare to await, look forward to 1. a. : characterized by expectation : expecting, waiting < the expectant crowds all curious to catch a glimpse of some familiar face — London Calling > < spoke as one expectant of unquestioning obedience — S.H.Adams > b. : expecting the birth of a child < an expectant father > specifically : pregnant < expectant mothers > 2. : having expectations : prospective < scruples … raised in the mind of the expectant heir — Jonathan Swift > 3. : existing in expectation : in prospect : expected < the fee expectant on his wife's life estate — Thomas Jarman > 4. of the treatment of disease : involving alleviation of immediate distress without basic interference with the development of the pathologic process : conservative II. noun (-s) : one who is expectant; specifically : a candidate for a position
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