gestation

英 [dʒeˈsteɪʃn]

美 [dʒeˈsteɪʃn]

n.  妊娠(期); 怀孕(期); (想法、计划等的)构思，酝酿，孕育

复数：gestations　

医学

BNC.16097 / COCA.19807

牛津词典

noun

• 妊娠（期）；怀孕（期）
  the time that the young of a person or an animal develops inside its mother's body until it is born; the process of developing inside the mother's body
  1. a baby born at 38 weeks' gestation
     怀孕38周时出生的婴儿
  2. The gestation period of a horse is about eleven months.
     马的怀孕期大约为十一个月。
• （想法、计划等的）构思，酝酿，孕育
  the process by which an idea or a plan develops

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 怀孕（期）；妊娠（期）
  Gestationis the process in which babies grow inside their mother's body before they are born.
  1. ...the seventeenth week of gestation...
     妊娠第17周
  2. The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.
     妊娠期从95天至150天不等。
• N-UNCOUNT （想法等的）构思，酝酿，孕育
  Gestationis the process in which an idea or plan develops.
  1. ...the prolonged period of gestation of this design.
     这项设计漫长的构思阶段

英英释义

noun

• the conception and development of an idea or plan
• the state of being pregnant
  Synonym:pregnancymaternity
• the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
  Synonym:gestation period

双语例句

• After more than a year of gestation, Google finally introduced Google+ in June.
  经过一年多的酝酿，今年6月份，谷歌终于推出了Google+。
• The gestation period for a final sale can then be anywhere from two hours to years.
  从开始到最终出售的酝酿过程，短则2小时，长则数年。
• This child died soon after premature birth at 23 weeks gestation from pulmonary hypoplasia as a result of oligohydramnios.
  婴儿因羊水过少导致的肺发育不良在孕23周早产后死亡。
• It includes three phases: gestation, proposal and development.
  中华学的初创期包括酝酿、提出和起步三个阶段。
• We have a period of gestation, the time mature slowly.
  我们酝酿有段时间了，时机慢慢成熟。
• Take for example a lady who is irregularly contracting at 32 weeks gestation.
  举个例子，一名女子非常规性地，在怀孕期32周出现了早产现象。
• The road had been sixty years in gestation.
  这条公路的修建已经被酝酿了60年了。
• TCT used in detection of cervical lesions in gestation period was safe and viable.
  TCT检测技术用于妊娠期妇女宫颈病变的筛查安全、可行。
• The gestation accompanied by severe hepatitis and acute fatty liver of pregnancy was extremely hazondous to pregnant woman.
  最凶险的是妊娠合并重症肝炎和妊娠期急性脂肪肝。
• Investigation on cellular immune function and Th subsets active status in normal gestation and active TORCH infective women in pregnancy
  正常妊娠和妊娠期活动性TORCH感染者的细胞免疫功能及Th亚群激活状态研究