gestate
英[dʒe'steɪt]
美['dʒɛstet]
- vt. 使怀孕
- vi. 孕育，创案
词态变化
第三人称单数: gestates;过去式: gestated;过去分词: gestated;现在分词: gestating;
助记提示
1、gest- "bear, carry" + -ate.
中文词源
gestate 孕育
来自词根ger, gest, 含有，带来，词源同exaggerate, gesture.词义引申为孕育。进一步来自PIE*ag, 做，驱动，词源同act, agent.
英文词源
- gestate (v.)
- 1847, a back-formation from gestation. Related: Gestated; gestating.
双语例句
- 1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.
- 教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。
来自辞典例句