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单词 gestation
释义 ges·ta·tion
\jeˈstāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin gestation-, gestatio, from gestatus (past participle of gestare to bear, from gestus, past participle of gerere to bear, act) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at cast
1. archaic : exercise in which one is carried
 < gestation in a carriage or in a boat has … good effects — Thomas Watson †1882 >
2.
 a. : the carrying of young usually in the uterus from conception to delivery : pregnancy
  < other acute … illnesses occur in the early months of gestation — J.P.Greenhill >
 b. : the incubation of eggs
3. : conception and development especially in the mind
 < this extraordinary book, thirty years in gestation — W.R.Parker >
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