Definition of pregnant in English:

pregnant

adjective ˈprɛɡnəntˈprɛɡnənt

1(of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus.
怀孕的，妊娠的
she was heavily pregnant with her second child
她沉甸甸地怀着第二胎。
she was six months pregnant
她已怀孕六个月。
Example sentencesExamples
- Back at the centre there is a call from a young pregnant woman requiring telephone advice.
- Midwives and pregnant women said that they found the booklets used in the intervention acceptable.
- Boys are immunised, too, so that they won't be a source of infection to non-immune pregnant women.
- Free fruit through a supermarket voucher scheme is also planned for pregnant women and for preschool children.
- Quinine alone is recommended now only for pregnant women, for whom no satisfactory alternatives exist.
- Now she was pregnant, too young to be legally married, and some difficult decisions would have to be made.
- A pregnant woman can transmit the infection to her baby during delivery.
- In the United Kingdom over a quarter of pregnant women who smoke continue to do so during pregnancy.
- My problem now is that my youngest daughter is pregnant and she and her partner are getting married next year.
- The practice of screening all pregnant women for syphilis in every pregnancy should continue.
- The Department of Health advises pregnant women, to eat according to their appetite and to keep an eye on weight gain.
- All pregnant women, whatever their age, should be offered screening before 20 weeks.
- The occurrence of pruritus in pregnant women should be the subject of routine inquiry, and when present acted on.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs are among the commonest drugs prescribed to pregnant women.
- My wife and I were overjoyed when we did a pregnancy test confirming she was pregnant with our second child.
Synonyms
expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child
French enceinte
informal expecting, in the family way, expecting a happy event, preggers, preggy, with a bun in the oven, with one in the oven, up the pole
British informal in the club, up the duff, in the pudding club, up the spout, up the stick
North American informal knocked up, having swallowed a watermelon seed
Australian informal preggo, clucky, with a joey in the pouch
informal, dated in trouble, in pod
archaic with child, heavy/big with child, in a delicate condition, in an interesting condition, childing, on the way
technical gravid, parturient
rare impregnate
North American rare infanticipating, storked
(be pregnant with), expect, carry, bear
2Full of meaning; significant or suggestive.
含义深远的；意义重大的；意味深长的
a pregnant pause
孕妇。
a development pregnant with implications
具有深远意义的事态发展。
Example sentencesExamples
- There was a pregnant pause, then Caitlin sighed sadly, reaching out to trace a finger over the figure on the screen.
- What is left unsaid, is communicated through glances, silences and pregnant pauses.
- There was the most pregnant of pauses as the camera panned along the faces in the panel.
- This muteness is unsettling, somehow pregnant with infinite meaning and utterly devoid of any at all.
- There was a pregnant pause, and he continued, voice a little shaky.
- The direction perks up in the second half but overall allows too many pregnant pauses by the actors.
- Fortunately, Shane comes to the rescue with a well timed pregnant pause - or is he asleep?
Synonyms
filled, charged, heavy, fraught, replete, teeming
full of, abounding in, rich in
meaningful, significant, eloquent
suggestive, expressive, loaded, meaning, charged, pointed, telling, revealing, weighty

Derivatives

pregnantly

adverb ˈprɛɡnəntliˈprɛɡnəntli

He paused pregnantly and then added: ‘I genuinely mean that.'
Example sentencesExamples
- The audio is a perfectly timed machine-noise fugue that pops, clicks, squawks and, every so often, pauses pregnantly.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae 'before' + the base of gnasci 'be born'.

Rhymes

regnant

Definition of pregnant in US English:

pregnant

adjectiveˈpreɡnəntˈprɛɡnənt

1(of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus.
怀孕的，妊娠的
she was heavily pregnant with her second child
她沉甸甸地怀着第二胎。
she was six months pregnant
她已怀孕六个月。
a pregnant woman
孕妇。
Example sentencesExamples
- All pregnant women, whatever their age, should be offered screening before 20 weeks.
- Boys are immunised, too, so that they won't be a source of infection to non-immune pregnant women.
- Now she was pregnant, too young to be legally married, and some difficult decisions would have to be made.
- Quinine alone is recommended now only for pregnant women, for whom no satisfactory alternatives exist.
- A pregnant woman can transmit the infection to her baby during delivery.
- My problem now is that my youngest daughter is pregnant and she and her partner are getting married next year.
- The Department of Health advises pregnant women, to eat according to their appetite and to keep an eye on weight gain.
- The occurrence of pruritus in pregnant women should be the subject of routine inquiry, and when present acted on.
- My wife and I were overjoyed when we did a pregnancy test confirming she was pregnant with our second child.
- Free fruit through a supermarket voucher scheme is also planned for pregnant women and for preschool children.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs are among the commonest drugs prescribed to pregnant women.
- In the United Kingdom over a quarter of pregnant women who smoke continue to do so during pregnancy.
- The practice of screening all pregnant women for syphilis in every pregnancy should continue.
- Back at the centre there is a call from a young pregnant woman requiring telephone advice.
- Midwives and pregnant women said that they found the booklets used in the intervention acceptable.
Synonyms
expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child
2Full of meaning; significant or suggestive.
含义深远的；意义重大的；意味深长的
a pregnant pause
孕妇。
a development pregnant with implications
具有深远意义的事态发展。
Example sentencesExamples
- Fortunately, Shane comes to the rescue with a well timed pregnant pause - or is he asleep?
- There was a pregnant pause, and he continued, voice a little shaky.
- What is left unsaid, is communicated through glances, silences and pregnant pauses.
- There was a pregnant pause, then Caitlin sighed sadly, reaching out to trace a finger over the figure on the screen.
- This muteness is unsettling, somehow pregnant with infinite meaning and utterly devoid of any at all.
- There was the most pregnant of pauses as the camera panned along the faces in the panel.
- The direction perks up in the second half but overall allows too many pregnant pauses by the actors.
Synonyms
filled, charged, heavy, fraught, replete, teeming
meaningful, significant, eloquent

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.

单词	pregnant
释义	Definition of pregnant in English: pregnant adjective ˈprɛɡnəntˈprɛɡnənt 1(of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus. 怀孕的，妊娠的 she was heavily pregnant with her second child 她沉甸甸地怀着第二胎。 she was six months pregnant 她已怀孕六个月。 Example sentencesExamples Back at the centre there is a call from a young pregnant woman requiring telephone advice. Midwives and pregnant women said that they found the booklets used in the intervention acceptable. Boys are immunised, too, so that they won't be a source of infection to non-immune pregnant women. Free fruit through a supermarket voucher scheme is also planned for pregnant women and for preschool children. Quinine alone is recommended now only for pregnant women, for whom no satisfactory alternatives exist. Now she was pregnant, too young to be legally married, and some difficult decisions would have to be made. A pregnant woman can transmit the infection to her baby during delivery. In the United Kingdom over a quarter of pregnant women who smoke continue to do so during pregnancy. My problem now is that my youngest daughter is pregnant and she and her partner are getting married next year. The practice of screening all pregnant women for syphilis in every pregnancy should continue. The Department of Health advises pregnant women, to eat according to their appetite and to keep an eye on weight gain. All pregnant women, whatever their age, should be offered screening before 20 weeks. The occurrence of pruritus in pregnant women should be the subject of routine inquiry, and when present acted on. Anti-inflammatory drugs are among the commonest drugs prescribed to pregnant women. My wife and I were overjoyed when we did a pregnancy test confirming she was pregnant with our second child. Synonyms expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child French enceinte informal expecting, in the family way, expecting a happy event, preggers, preggy, with a bun in the oven, with one in the oven, up the pole British informal in the club, up the duff, in the pudding club, up the spout, up the stick North American informal knocked up, having swallowed a watermelon seed Australian informal preggo, clucky, with a joey in the pouch informal, dated in trouble, in pod archaic with child, heavy/big with child, in a delicate condition, in an interesting condition, childing, on the way technical gravid, parturient rare impregnate North American rare infanticipating, storked (be pregnant with), expect, carry, bear 2Full of meaning; significant or suggestive. 含义深远的；意义重大的；意味深长的 a pregnant pause 孕妇。 a development pregnant with implications 具有深远意义的事态发展。 Example sentencesExamples There was a pregnant pause, then Caitlin sighed sadly, reaching out to trace a finger over the figure on the screen. What is left unsaid, is communicated through glances, silences and pregnant pauses. There was the most pregnant of pauses as the camera panned along the faces in the panel. This muteness is unsettling, somehow pregnant with infinite meaning and utterly devoid of any at all. There was a pregnant pause, and he continued, voice a little shaky. The direction perks up in the second half but overall allows too many pregnant pauses by the actors. Fortunately, Shane comes to the rescue with a well timed pregnant pause - or is he asleep? Synonyms filled, charged, heavy, fraught, replete, teeming full of, abounding in, rich in meaningful, significant, eloquent suggestive, expressive, loaded, meaning, charged, pointed, telling, revealing, weighty Derivatives pregnantly adverb ˈprɛɡnəntliˈprɛɡnəntli He paused pregnantly and then added: ‘I genuinely mean that.' Example sentencesExamples The audio is a perfectly timed machine-noise fugue that pops, clicks, squawks and, every so often, pauses pregnantly. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae 'before' + the base of gnasci 'be born'. Rhymes regnant Definition of pregnant in US English: pregnant adjectiveˈpreɡnəntˈprɛɡnənt 1(of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus. 怀孕的，妊娠的 she was heavily pregnant with her second child 她沉甸甸地怀着第二胎。 she was six months pregnant 她已怀孕六个月。 a pregnant woman 孕妇。 Example sentencesExamples All pregnant women, whatever their age, should be offered screening before 20 weeks. Boys are immunised, too, so that they won't be a source of infection to non-immune pregnant women. Now she was pregnant, too young to be legally married, and some difficult decisions would have to be made. Quinine alone is recommended now only for pregnant women, for whom no satisfactory alternatives exist. A pregnant woman can transmit the infection to her baby during delivery. My problem now is that my youngest daughter is pregnant and she and her partner are getting married next year. The Department of Health advises pregnant women, to eat according to their appetite and to keep an eye on weight gain. The occurrence of pruritus in pregnant women should be the subject of routine inquiry, and when present acted on. My wife and I were overjoyed when we did a pregnancy test confirming she was pregnant with our second child. Free fruit through a supermarket voucher scheme is also planned for pregnant women and for preschool children. Anti-inflammatory drugs are among the commonest drugs prescribed to pregnant women. In the United Kingdom over a quarter of pregnant women who smoke continue to do so during pregnancy. The practice of screening all pregnant women for syphilis in every pregnancy should continue. Back at the centre there is a call from a young pregnant woman requiring telephone advice. Midwives and pregnant women said that they found the booklets used in the intervention acceptable. Synonyms expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child 2Full of meaning; significant or suggestive. 含义深远的；意义重大的；意味深长的 a pregnant pause 孕妇。 a development pregnant with implications 具有深远意义的事态发展。 Example sentencesExamples Fortunately, Shane comes to the rescue with a well timed pregnant pause - or is he asleep? There was a pregnant pause, and he continued, voice a little shaky. What is left unsaid, is communicated through glances, silences and pregnant pauses. There was a pregnant pause, then Caitlin sighed sadly, reaching out to trace a finger over the figure on the screen. This muteness is unsettling, somehow pregnant with infinite meaning and utterly devoid of any at all. There was the most pregnant of pauses as the camera panned along the faces in the panel. The direction perks up in the second half but overall allows too many pregnant pauses by the actors. Synonyms filled, charged, heavy, fraught, replete, teeming meaningful, significant, eloquent Origin Late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.
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