gestation

• n. 酝酿；怀孕；妊娠期

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英文词源

gestation

gestation: [16] Etymologically, gestation is the period during which unborn young is ‘carried’ inside the womb. Indeed, to begin with the word meant simply ‘carrying’ in English (‘Gestacion, that is to be carried of another thing, without any travail of the body itself’, William Bullein, Bulwark of Defence Against All Sickness 1562). It comes from Latin gestātiō, a derivative of the verb gerere ‘carry, conduct oneself, act’.

This has given a wide variety of words to English, including congest, digest, gerund, gesture, jester, register, and suggest (gerund [16] comes from Latin gerundum, a variant of gerendum ‘carrying on’, the gerund of gerere).
=> congest, digest, gesture, jester, register, suggest

gestation (n.)

"action or process of carrying young in the womb," 1610s, earlier (1530s) "riding on horseback, etc., as a form of exercise," from Latin gestationem (nominative gestatio) "a carrying," noun of action from past participle stem of gestare "bear, carry, gestate," frequentative of gerere (past participle gestus) "to bear, carry, bring forth" (see gest). Meaning "action or process of carrying young in the womb" is from 1610s.

双语例句

1. The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.

妊娠期从95天至150天不等。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a baby born at 38 weeks' gestation

怀孕38周时出生的婴儿

来自《权威词典》

3. This film was two years in gestation.

这部电影酝酿了两年.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Gestation extends from fertilization to birth.

妊娠期系指从配种到分娩之间的时间.

来自辞典例句

5. The gestation period in cattle - the time that elapses between conception and birth - is about 287 days.

牛的妊娠期(即从怀孕到生产的这段时间)大约是287天.

来自辞典例句