gestate
/dʒeˈsteɪt/verb
with obj.
1- carry (a fetus) in the womb from conception to birth怀（胎）：
these individuals gestate male-based litters
这些动物怀的幼体中以公崽居多
no obj. rabbits gestate for approximately twenty-eight days.兔子的怀胎时间大约为 28 天。
1.1
- no obj.(of a fetus) undergo gestation（胎儿在母体中）孕育。
1.2
- with obj. figurative develop in the mind over a long period〈喻〉酝酿, 构思：
with obj. a research trip he made while gestating his new book.他在构思新书的同时所进行的一次调研旅行。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin gestat- 'carried in the womb', from the verb gestare.