expectant

形容词 expectant:

1. marked by eager anticipation
   同义词：anticipant, anticipative
2. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
   同义词：big, enceinte, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child

1. Relating to or being a method of childbirth in which the expectant mother is prepared psychologically and physically to give birth without the use of drugs.
   心理助产法的与一种生孩子方法有关的或这种方法的，在该法中怀孕的母亲不借助麻醉药而是在心理和身体上作充分的准备
2. With expectant faces, children are waiting for the drama to start.
   孩子们眼巴巴地等候话剧开始。

ex.pec.tant

adj.（形容词）
Having or marked by expectation:
期待的，期望的：有期望的或以其为特征的：
例句：
an expectant look; an expectant hush.
期待的月光；意料的安静

Pregnant:
怀孕的：
例句：
expectant mothers.
孕妇

【引伸】
expec.tant
n.（名词）
expec.tantly
adv.（副词）