English-Thai Dictionary

pregnant

ADJ มีครรภ์  ตั้งครรภ์  ตั้งท้อง  expecting gestating me-kan

 

pregnant

ADJ เต็มไปด้วย ความหมาย  เต็มไปด้วย นัย  เต็มไปด้วย ความคิด  significant tem-pai-duai-pao-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREGNANT

a.[L. proegnans; supposed to be compounded of proe, before, and geno; Gr. to beget. ] 1. Being with young, as a female; breeding; teeming.
2. Fruitful; fertile; impregnating; as pregnant streams.
3. Full of consequence; as a pregnant instance of infatuation.
An egregious and pregnant instance how far virtue surpasses ingenuity.
4. East to admit or receive.
5. Free; kind; ready; witty; apt. [Not proper. ]
6. Plain; clear; evident; full. [Not in use. ]

 

PREGNANTLY

adv. Fruitfully. 1. Fully; plainly; clearly. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREGNANT

Preg "nant, a. Etym: [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere,gignere, to beget: cf. F. prégnant. See Gender, 2d Kin. ]

 

1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.

 

2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. " A pregnant argument. " Prynne. " A pregnant brevity. " E. Everett.

 

3. Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc. ; as, a pregnant youth. [Obs. ] Evelyn. Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. Shak. Pregnant construction (Rhet.), one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.

 

PREGNANT

PREGNANT Preg "nant, n.

 

Defn: A pregnant woman. [R.] Dunglison.

 

PREGNANT

Preg "nant, a. Etym: [F. prenant taking. Cf. Pregnable. ]

 

Defn: Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obs. ] " Pregnant to good pity. " Shak.

 

PREGNANTLY

PREGNANTLY Preg "nant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.

 

PREGNANTLY

PREGNANTLY Preg "nant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Unresistingly; openly; hence, clearly; evidently. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pregnant

preg nant |ˈpregnənt ˈprɛɡnənt | ▶adjective 1 (of a woman or female animal ) having a child or young developing in the uterus: a pregnant woman | she was heavily pregnant with her second child | she was six months pregnant. 2 full of meaning; significant or suggestive: a pregnant pause | a development pregnant with implications. DERIVATIVES preg nant ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before ’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pregnant

preg |nant |ˈprɛgnənt | ▶adjective 1 (of a woman or female animal ) having a child or young developing in the uterus: she was heavily pregnant with her second child | she was six months pregnant. 2 full of meaning; significant or suggestive: a pregnant pause | a development pregnant with implications. DERIVATIVES pregnantly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before ’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pregnant

pregnant adjective 1 she is pregnant: expecting a baby, expectant, carrying a child; informal expecting, in the family way, with a bun in the oven, knocked up; informal preggie; informal, dated in trouble; archaic with child; technical parturient, gravid. 2 a ceremony pregnant with religious significance: filled, charged, heavy; (pregnant with ), full of. 3 a pregnant pause: meaningful, significant, suggestive, expressive, charged.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pregnant

pregnant adjective 1 when I told Chris I was pregnant, I expected him to panic: expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child; French enceinte; informal expecting, in the family way, expecting a happy event, preggers, preggy, with a bun in the oven, with one in the oven, up the pole; Brit. informal in the club, up the duff, in the pudding club, up the spout, up the stick; N. Amer. informal knocked up, having swallowed a watermelon seed; Austral. informal preggo, clucky, with a joey in the pouch; informal, dated in trouble, in pod; archaic with child, heavy /big with child, in a delicate condition, in an interesting condition, childing, on the way; technical gravid, parturient; rare impregnate; N. Amer. rare infanticipating, storked; (be pregnant with ) expect, carry, bear. 2 a sacred rite, pregnant with religious significance: filled, charged, heavy, fraught, replete, teeming; full of, abounding in, rich in. 3 there was a pregnant pause: meaningful, significant, eloquent; suggestive, expressive, loaded, meaning, charged, pointed, telling, revealing, weighty.

 

Spanish Dictionary

pregnante

pregnante adjetivo formal Que está lleno de significado :las convenciones del melodrama conforman una enunciación pregnante en las diferentes manifestaciones de la cultura de masas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pregnant

preg nant /préɡnənt /〖語源は 「生まれる前の (pre )」〗(名 )pregnancy 形容詞 比較なし 1 〈人 動物が 〉 «…を /…の子を » 妊娠して «with /by » (→expect 5 ) (!おなかの大きさを意味するときなどにはveryなどによる修飾が可能 ) ▸ get [become, ｟やや古 ｠fall ] pregnant 妊娠する ▸ three months pregnant 妊娠3か月で ▸ heavily pregnant ｟英 ｠出産間近で 2 〈沈黙が 〉意味をはらんだ ▸ a pregnant pause 意味深い沈黙 3 ｟かたく ｠【感情 可能性を 】内に秘めている «with » .4 ｟かたく ｠【創意などに 】富んだ «with , in » .