gestate

英 [dʒes'teɪt] 美 ['dʒesteɪt]

• v. 孕育；构思

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.
   摘要古代是教学语用学思想的孕育和形成时期。

经典引文

• The proposals..have been gestating in the Department of Education and Science for the past year.

  出自：Times

近反义词

【近义词】

• carry 携带
• bear 熊
• conceive 设想
• conceptualize 概念化
• conceptualise 概念化
• have a bun in the oven 怀孕
• expect 预期