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BNC: 3813 COCA: 3328

pregnancy

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pregnancy /ˈprɛgnənsi/ noun
plural pregnancies
pregnancy
/ˈprɛgnənsi/
noun
plural pregnancies
Learner's definition of PREGNANCY
: the condition of a woman or female animal that is going to have a baby or babies : the condition of a pregnant woman or female animal怀孕;妊娠
[count]
[noncount]
BNC: 3813 COCA: 3328

pregnancy

noun

preg·​nan·​cy ˈpreg-nən(t)-sē How to pronounce pregnancy (audio)
plural pregnancies
1
: the quality of being pregnant (as in meaning)
2
: the condition of being pregnant : gestation
3
: an instance of being pregnant

Example Sentences

an elephant's pregnancy can last almost a year
Recent Examples on the Web Viability is generally considered to be around six months of pregnancy, somewhere between 23 and 28 weeks' gestation depending on how the fetus is developing. Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2022 Shaggy later toed the line of funny and crude while putting a microphone in his pants and speaking of pregnancy. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022 Maryland Democrats pounced on the Republican senator’s legislation, which would prohibit doctors nationwide from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022 Two more do not permit abortions for people later than six weeks of pregnancy. Shefali Luthra, al, 15 Sep. 2022 Republicans have sought to shift the focus to Democrats’ positions, noting that the United States is one of fewer than a dozen countries that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2022 The ban will replace state laws that generally prohibited abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy and tightly restricted it after the 13th week. Tom Davies, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022 Premature infants born as early as 21 to 22 weeks of pregnancy can sometimes survive their stays in the neonatal-intensive-care unit and grow up to be healthy children and adults. The Editors, National Review, 14 Sep. 2022 Fewer than 10 percent take place between the 14th and 20th weeks of pregnancy, and just one percent are performed on or after the 21st week. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pregnancy was in the 15th century
BNC: 3813 COCA: 3328
pregnancy

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + PREGNANCY | PREGNANCY + VERB | PREGNANCY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEearly妊娠早期late妊娠晚期full-term, post-term足月的/超過預產期的妊娠healthy, normal健康的/正常的妊娠successful成功懷孕difficult困難的妊娠She had a difficult pregnancy with her first child.她懷第一個孩子時很困難。high-risk高危妊娠ectopic宮外孕emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy宮外孕的急診手術multiple多胎妊娠twins or other multiple pregnancies雙胞胎或其他多胎妊娠first, second, etc.第一次、第二次等懷孕teen, teenage十幾歲少女懷孕out-of-wedlock, unwed (both especially NAmE) 婚外/未婚懷孕unintended, unplanned, unwanted意外的/計劃外的/不希望的懷孕There are thousands of unwanted teenage pregnancies every year.每年都有數千例少女意外懷孕事件。VERB + PREGNANCYhave懷孕avoid, prevent避孕They took no precautions to avoid pregnancy.他們沒有採取避孕措施。plan計劃懷孕50% of all pregnancies are not planned.有 50% 的妊娠是計劃外的。confirm確認懷孕The doctor confirmed my pregnancy and told me to come back at 12 weeks.醫生證實我懷孕,並告訴我在第 12 週時再來。continue, continue with繼續妊娠the difficult decision about whether to continue with a pregnancy對是否終止妊娠的困難決定hide隱瞞懷孕I tried hard to hide my pregnancy.我極力隱瞞我懷孕的事實。abort, end, terminate中止/結束/終止妊娠the right of a woman to terminate her pregnancy女性終止妊娠的權利PREGNANCY + VERBprogress懷孕進展Here's what can happen as your pregnancy progresses.這是隨妊娠的進展可能發生的情況。go to full term, go to term妊娠足月women whose pregnancies have gone to term妊娠足月的婦女PREGNANCY + NOUNtest驗孕a home pregnancy test kit一套家用驗孕用具rate懷孕率Teen pregnancy rates have fallen.少女懷孕比例有所下降。complications妊娠併發症PREPOSITIONduring (a/the) pregnancy, in (a/the) pregnancy在懷孕期間Lower blood pressure is common in early pregnancy.在懷孕早期血壓降低是很常見的。throughout (a/the) pregnancy在整個妊娠期間You will be tested throughout your pregnancy.在整個妊娠期你都會接受檢查。PHRASEScarry a pregnancy to term使妊娠持續至足月a woman who intends to carry her pregnancy to term一位打算懷孕至足月的女性

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