gestation
英 [dʒeˈsteɪʃn] 美 [dʒɛˈsteʃən]

n.

怀孕；怀孕期；（思想、主意等的）构思、酝酿；孕育（过程）

英英释义

gestation[ dʒes'teiʃən ]

• n.
  • the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)

    同义词：gestation period

  • the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

    同义词：pregnancymaternity

  • the conception and development of an idea or plan

词组短语

gestation period妊娠期；怀孕期；怀孕期间

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Human gestation is a nine month period.
   人类妊娠期为九个月。
2. The fetus develops lungs relatively late in the gestation period.
   在妊娠期胎儿的肺生长得相对晚些。
3. This film was two years in gestation.
   这部 电影酝酿了两年。
4. Both audience and player alike were predominantly black for the gestation period of the blues.
   在蓝调音乐的萌芽时期，黑人占了艺人与听众的绝对多数。

权威例句

Intrauterine growth as estimated from liveborn birth-weight data at 24 to 42 weeks of gestation.
...the newborn infant 35 or more weeks of gestation.
Changing prognosis for babies of less than 28 weeks' gestation in the north of England between 1983 and 1994. Northern Neonatal Netw...
Functional Abilities At Age 4 Years Of Children Born Before 29 Weeks Of Gestation
Outcome at 2 years of children 23–27 weeks' gestation born in Victoria in 1991–92
Effects of gestation and antenatal steroid on airway and tissue mechanics in newborn lambs.
Cervical length at 23 weeks of gestation: prediction of spontaneous preterm delivery
Pulse oximetry, severe retinopathy, and outcome at one year in babies of less than 28 weeks gestation.
Effects of gestation on ovine fetal and maternal angiotensin receptor subtypes in the heart and major blood vessels.
The limit of viability--neonatal outcome of infants born at 22 to 25 weeks' gestation.