I didn’t mean to get her pregnant (=make her pregnant).
我没想让她怀孕。
His wife was heavily pregnant (=almost ready to give birth).
他的妻子即将临产。
2pregnant pause/silenceSHOW/BE A SIGN OFa pause or silence which is full of meaning or emotion 耐人寻味[意味深长]的停顿/沉默
He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause.
他停住了,那是个意味深长的停顿。
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pregnant pause/silence• There was a long silence - what I think might be called a pregnant pause.• The problem with his loftysentiments and pregnant pauses was that they were completely eclipsed by his reputation.
3pregnant with somethingformalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTcontaining a lot of a quality 蕴涵丰富的…,饱含…
Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.
这首诗的片言只语都充满深意。
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pregnant with something• His voice was pregnant withcontempt.
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
become pregnant
Sally became pregnant, and gave birth to a baby son.
get pregnant informal (=become pregnant)
She got pregnant when she was sixteen.
get somebody pregnant (=make a woman pregnant, usually without planning to)
At least he didn't get you pregnant.
adverbs
twelve weeks pregnant/two months pregnant etc
The doctor said that she was eight weeks pregnant.
heavily pregnant (=having almost reached the time when you will give birth)
I saw at once that the woman was heavily pregnant.
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pregnant• She thought perhaps the baby was very clever: her friends remarked upon how sharp she'd got since she became pregnant.• They are against it, except if they, their secretlover or their 14-year-old daughter is pregnant.• Within a few months, Gordeeva was pregnant.• We can't stop teens from having sex, but we can help them to avoid getting pregnant.• When did you find out you were pregnant?• By this time I was heavily pregnant and could hardly get into any of my clothes.• They went back to naturaloestrogen, a cumbersome and expensiveproduct, harvested from the urine of pregnantmares.• Three months later, she shows up pregnant on his doorstep.• When Janette was three months pregnant, she caughtflu.• When our cat was pregnant she looked like a round, furryball.• When she was pregnant, she washed clothes.• In her alternativeclass for pregnant teens at school, she was surrounded by 13 -, 14-and 15-year-olds.• When I was pregnant with Mandy, I felt fat and unattractive.• It was an interesting move pregnant with unforeseencircumstances, not least the concern and misunderstanding to which it gave rise locally.• The healthcentre provides milk and vitamins for pregnant women.
heavily pregnant• Then I went to an aqua class with my neighbour who was heavily pregnant at the time.• She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water.• But pleasenote that you shouldn't move heavily pregnant livebearers, as it can cause them to miscarry.• When I was heavily pregnant we lived in one room that was infested with redants.
Originpregnant
(1400-1500)Latinpraegnans, from praegnas, from prae- ( → PRE-) + gnatus“born”
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be, look懷孕;看上去懷孕◇When I found out I was pregnant, I didn't know what to do.發現自己懷孕時,我不知道該怎麼辦。➤become, fall, get懷孕;受孕▸➤get sb, make sb讓某人懷孕◇He got her pregnant.他讓她懷孕了。ADVERB➤heavily, very處於妊娠末期;臨產➤visibly看得出懷孕➤newly剛懷孕◇She was newly pregnant at the time.當時她剛懷孕。PREPOSITION➤by懷了⋯的孩子◇She was pregnant by a former client.她懷上了以前一位客戶的孩子。➤with懷着◇She was pregnant with twins.她懷上了雙胞胎。PHRASES➤six weeks, three months, etc. pregnant懷孕 6 週、3 個月等