pregnant

形容词 pregnant:

1. carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
2. rich in significance or implication
   同义词：meaning, significant
3. filled with or attended with
   同义词：fraught

1. She is expecting (ie is pregnant with) her first child.
   她不久要生头胎。
2. Women who do not ovulate regularly have difficulty in becoming pregnant.
   妇女排卵期不正常就不易受孕。
3. She got pregnant and was turned out of the house by her parents.
   她怀孕了，父母把她赶出了家门。
4. His only reaction was a pregnant silence.
   他唯一的反应是一阵意味深长的沉默
5. How long has she been pregnant?
   她怀孕多久了？
6. His words were followed by a pregnant pause.
   他说完话，接着是一段意味深长的停顿。

pregnant

adj.（形容词）
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
怀孕的：体内怀有生长着的后代的

Weighty or significant; full of meaning:
意味深长的：有份量的或意义重大的；富有意味的：
例句：
a conversation occasionally punctuated by pregnant pauses.
间有意味深长的停顿的谈话

Of great or potentially great import, implication, or moment:
重要的：具有重大的或潜在重大的重要性、影响或时刻：
例句：
.It was a politically pregnant time in Poland.(New York)
.这是波兰政治上极为重要的时刻.(纽约)

Filled or fraught; replete:
充满…的；充分的：
例句：
.This was, from the Party`s point of view, both deplorable in itself and pregnant with danger for the future.(Robert Conquest)
.从党的立场上来说，这不仅本身悲惨不幸而且对未来也充满危险.(罗伯特·康奎斯特)

Having a profusion of ideas; creative or inventive.
富有想象力的：有很多主意的；创造性的或有创见的
Producing results; fruitful:
创造结果的；富于成果的：
例句：
a pregnant decision.
成果显著的决定

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin praegn3ns praegnant-
源自 拉丁语 praegn3ns praegnant-
variant of praegn3s * see gen…-
praegn3s的变体 *参见 gen…-

【引伸】
preg.nantly
adv.（副词）

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pregnant
pregnant 2

adj.Archaic （形容词）【古语】
Convincing; cogent. Used of an argument or a proof.
令人信服的：令人信服的；有力的。用于论据或证据

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
probably from Old French preignant [present participle of] prembre [to press]
可能源自 古法语 preignant [] prembre的现在分词 [强迫]
from Latin premere * see per- 4
源自 拉丁语 premere *参见 per- 4