gestate
英 [d?e'ste?t]
美['d??stet]
- vt. 使懷孕
- vi. 孕育，創(chuàng)案
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?gestates;過(guò)去式:?gestated;過(guò)去分詞:?gestated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?gestating;
助記提示
1、gest- "bear, carry" + -ate.
中文詞源
gestate 孕育來(lái)自詞根ger, gest, 含有，帶來(lái)，詞源同exaggerate, gesture.詞義引申為孕育。進(jìn)一步來(lái)自PIE*ag, 做，驅(qū)動(dòng)，詞源同act, agent.
英文詞源
- gestate (v.)
- 1847, a back-formation from gestation. Related: Gestated; gestating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.
- 教學(xué)語(yǔ)用學(xué)思想是從古代開(kāi)始孕育和形成的。
來(lái)自辭典例句