gestate

• vt. 使怀孕
• vi. 孕育，创案

1. have the idea for;

"He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"

"This library was well conceived"

2. be pregnant with;

"She is bearing his child"

"The are expecting another child in January"

"I am carrying his child"

It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.

教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。

辞典例句

来自词根ger, gest, 含有，带来，词源同exaggerate, gesture.词义引申为孕育。进一步来自PIE*ag, 做，驱动，词源同act, agent.

1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.

教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。

来自辞典例句

gestate (v.)

1847, a back-formation from gestation. Related: Gestated; gestating.