pregnant
adjective /ˈpreɡnənt/
/ˈpreɡnənt/
Idioms ) having a baby or young animal developing inside her/its body女人或雌性动物 妊娠的;怀孕的 - My wife is pregnant.
我妻子怀孕了。 - pregnant with… I was pregnant with our third child at the time.
当时我正怀着我们的第三个孩子。 - a heavily pregnant woman (= one whose baby is nearly ready to be born)
临产期孕妇 - to get/become/fall pregnant
怀孕 - He got his girlfriend pregnant and they're getting married.
他让女友怀孕了,因此他们即将结婚。 - She's six months pregnant.
她怀孕六个月了。
Collocations ChildrenChildren Having a baby/child孩子 怀孕 - want a baby/a child/kids
想要孩子 - start a family
生孩子 - conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
怀孕 - miss your period
月经未按期来 - become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
怀孕了;发现怀孕了 - have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
有一个宝宝/一个孩子/孩子/一个儿子/一个女儿/一对双胞胎/孩子 - have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
正常/历经艰难/意外怀孕;顺产;难产;在家中分娩 - be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
分娩;催产 - have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
流产;引起流产 - give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
生了一个孩子/一个宝宝/一个女儿/一个儿子/一对双胞胎
养育;抚养;教养 - bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
抚养孩子 - care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
照顾小孩 - change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
换尿布;给婴儿换尿布 - feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
喂孩子;给孩子哺乳;用奶瓶喂养孩子 - be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
有权利休/正在休产假/陪产假 - go back/return to work after maternity leave
产假后回到工作岗位 - need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
需要/找到一个临时保姆/负担得起的高质量儿童保育 - balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
平衡/兼顾工作与照顾小孩/抚养小孩/家庭生活 - educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
教育孩子;给孩子家庭教育 - punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
惩罚/管教/娇惯孩子 - adopt a baby/child/kid
收养小孩 - offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
把小孩给人收养 - (especially British English) foster a child/kid
代养小孩 - be placed with/be raised by foster parents
被交给寄养父母;由寄养父母抚养
Wordfinder- antenatal
- child
- conception
- fetus
- maternity leave
- miscarriage
- morning sickness
- pregnant
- scan
- womb
Topics Life stagesb2- She was pregnant by a former client.
她怀上了以前一位客户的孩子。 - She was pregnant with twins.
她怀上了双胞胎。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- become
- …
- heavily
- very
- visibly
- …
- by
- with
- six weeks, three months, etc. pregnant
- My wife is pregnant.
- pregnant with something (formal) full of a quality or feeling
饱含;充溢着 - Her silences were pregnant with criticism.
她的沉默里充满了批评之意。
- Her silences were pregnant with criticism.
词源late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.
Idioms
a pregnant pause/silence
- an occasion when nobody speaks, although people are aware that there are feelings or thoughts to express
耐人寻味的停顿;心照不宣的沉默 - There was a pregnant pause before she replied.
在她回答之前,有一段意味深长的停顿。
- There was a pregnant pause before she replied.