impregnate
外观
英語
[编辑]詞源
[编辑]較早的形式作 impregn,源自中古法語 imprégner,源自古法語 enpreignier。
發音
[编辑]動詞
[编辑]impregnate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 impregnates,現在分詞 impregnating,一般過去時及過去分詞 impregnated)
- (及物) 使懷孕,使受精
- 近義詞:knock up、inseminate、(用於動物) cover
- I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
- 我在診所受孕,但不知道精子捐贈者是誰。
- 1903 [1901], Maurice Maeterlinck, 譯者 Alfred Sutro, The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company,第 264 頁:
- The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (及物) 使(土地)肥沃
- (及物) 注入,使充滿,使飽和
- (及物) 使滲入,浸透,浸漬;用物質填滿孔隙或空間
- 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent,第 121 頁:
- It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (不及物,過時) 懷孕
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[编辑]意大利語
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[编辑]動詞
[编辑]impregnate
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[编辑]分詞
[编辑]impregnate f 複
異序詞
[编辑]西班牙語
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[编辑]impregnate