| 单词 | pregnant |
| 释义 | pregnant pregnant1 —pregnantly, adv. —pregnantness, n. /preg"neuhnt/, adj. 1. having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal. 2. fraught, filled, or abounding (usually fol. by with): a silence pregnant with suspense. 3. teeming or fertile; rich (often fol. by in): a mind pregnant in ideas. 4. full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance. 5. of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant moment in the history of the world. [1375-1425; late ME < L praegnant- (s. of praegnans), var. of PRAEGNAS, equiv. to prae- PRE- + *gnat- (akin to (g)natus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nom. sing. ending] pregnant2 /preg"neuhnt/, adj. Archaic. convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument. [1350-1400; ME preignant < OF, prp. of preindre, earlier priembre to PRESS1 < L premere. Cf. PRINT] |
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