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gestation

/je-stey-shuhn/US // dʒɛˈsteɪ ʃən //UK // (dʒɛˈsteɪʃən) //

孕期,酝酿,妊娠期,孕育

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the process, state, or period of gestating.

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Examples

  • Sweden and Norway have eliminated the use of gestation crates, and Germany will phase them out by 2028.

  • The number, which includes only deaths that occurred past 20 weeks of gestation, “is twice the background rate of what would be expected,” he said.

  • The sixth week of gestation is so early in a pregnancy that many people aren’t even aware they are pregnant.

  • Putting the timeline into context, it’s about 20 percent of a monkey’s gestation period.

  • The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines as extremely preterm babies born before 28 weeks of gestation, the definition we employed.

  • She had supported Stern when his own career had first been in gestation and then later in free-fall.

  • He specifically defends the use of “gestation crates”— tiny pens where pregnant pigs live before giving birth.

  • The term “gestation,” for instance, is derived from the Latin verb gestāre, used to describe a mammal carrying a burden.

  • How, then, can gestation happen if no one is carrying the fetus?

  • For the early Jewish sages, during the first 40 days of gestation, the fetus was nothing more than “mere fluid.”

  • In which of the three quarters of the twelve months did the gestation of this conspiracy commence?

  • The time of gestation is to sixty-three days, and the number of the kittens varies much.

  • In the middle of gestation it turns yellow, then red and lastly black, with a red film.

  • In the season of love, and during the period of gestation, they are met with only in pairs—a male and female.

  • The duration of pregnancy, or the precise term of Utero Gestation, is not fixed.