gestate

GRE

英 [dʒe'steɪt] 美['dʒɛstet]

释义

vt. 使怀孕

vi. 孕育，创案

词态变化

第三人称单数: gestates;过去式: gestated;过去分词: gestated;现在分词: gestating;

助记提示

1、gest- "bear, carry" + -ate.

中文词源

gestate 孕育

来自词根ger, gest, 含有，带来，词源同exaggerate, gesture.词义引申为孕育。进一步来自PIE*ag, 做，驱动，词源同act, agent.

英文词源

gestate (v.): 1847, a back-formation from gestation. Related: Gestated; gestating.

双语例句

1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.: 教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。

英英释意

1. have the idea for;: "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

2. be pregnant with;: "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

实用场景例句

It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.: 教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。