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词汇 gestating
释义 gestating
present participle ofgestate
gestate
verb[ I or T ]
uk /dʒesˈteɪt/ us /dʒesˈteɪt/

gestateverb[I or T] (BABY)


biology specialized
(of a female animal) to have a baby developing inside the body or (of a child or young animal) to develop inside a mother's body: 怀孕,妊娠
Female elephants gestate for a staggering 22 months.母象怀孕期惊人,长达22个月。
healthy foetuses that have gestated at least 20 weeks妊娠至少20周的健康胎儿
Those snakes are often females, soaking up the sun to help their metabolism deal with the demand of gestating a litter of young.
Females produce more eggs than the number of embryos they are able to gestate to term.
A mouse gestates in just 19 days.
Do you know a female rat can gestate 21 times a year?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal reproduction
androgen
anti-oestrogen
asexuality
asexually
barrenness
calve
fertile
gamete
impregnate
out-reproduce
ovulate
ovulation
panmictic
panmixia
procreate
procreation
procreative
rut
spawn
sterile

gestateverb[I or T] (IDEA)


(of an idea, thought, or plan) to develop or be developed over time: 构思,酝酿,孕育(计划、思想等)
The internet had been gestating since the fifties. 互联网从五十年代开始就一直在酝酿。
The subconscious mind needs time to gestate the work.潜意识需要时间来构思工作。
See
gestation
This play has been gestating over a period of time.
Ideas seem to gestate best in a void.
The problems facing the company have been gestating for years.
Other deals involving carmakers are now gestating.
New lyrics began to gestate in his head.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Starting and beginning
be in the first flush ofidiom
be/get in on the ground flooridiom
become
begin
branch out
develop
grow
half-cock
here
here goes!idiom
hit the ground runningidiom
motion
sail in
start (something) off
start on something
start out
start/set/get the ball rollingidiom
starting
the ground floor
wheel
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