gestate
verb [ I or T ] uk/dʒesˈteɪt/ us/dʒesˈteɪt/
(BABY)
biology specialized怀孕，妊娠
(of a female animal) to have a baby developing inside the body or (of a child or young animal) to develop inside a mother's body
Female elephants gestate for a staggering 22 months. 母象怀孕期惊人，长达22个月。
healthy foetuses that have gestated at least 20 weeks 妊娠至少20周的健康胎儿
Those snakes are often females, soaking up the sun to help their metabolism deal with the demand of gestating a litter of young.
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- Females produce more eggs than the number of embryos they are able to gestate to term.
- A mouse gestates in just 19 days.
- Do you know a female rat can gestate 21 times a year?
(IDEA)
构思，酝酿，孕育（计划、思想等）
(of an idea, thought, or plan) to develop or be developed over time
The internet had been gestating since the fifties. 互联网从五十年代开始就一直在酝酿。
The subconscious mind needs time to gestate the work. 潜意识需要时间来构思工作。
See: gestation
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- This play has been gestating over a period of time.
- Ideas seem to gestate best in a void.
- The problems facing the company have been gestating for years.
- Other deals involving carmakers are now gestating.
- New lyrics began to gestate in his head.