gestate

英 [dʒe'steɪt] 美['dʒɛstet]
  • vt. 使怀孕
  • vi. 孕育,创案

GRE

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。

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