pregnant

Definitions

pre- (before) + gn (the squeezed form of gen, 'birth') + -ant = literally 'before birth' — carrying a child not yet born. The figurative sense follows the same image: a pregnant pause or a remark pregnant with meaning is 'carrying' something about to be born into the open.

Common Collocations

• 1.get pregnant怀孕
• 2.heavily pregnant身怀六甲
• 3.pregnant pause意味深长的停顿
• 4.pregnant with meaning意味深长

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She is seven months pregnant with her first child.

• 2.

  There was a pregnant pause before he answered.

• 3.

  The silence was pregnant with unspoken tension.