expectant
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If someone is expectant, they are excited because they think something interesting is about to happen. 期待的
An expectant crowd gathered. 滿懷期待的一群人聚在了一起。
2. expectantlyADV 期待地[ADV after v]
The others waited, looking at him expectantly. 其他人等待著，期待地看著他。
3. ADJ An expectant mother or father is someone whose baby is going to be born soon. 即將做父母的[ADJ n]
...a magazine for expectant mothers. …一本適合孕婦的雜志。
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expectant /?k?sp?kt?nt/
劍橋詞典
expectant adjective (THINKING)
thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen
（對(duì)愉快或令人激動(dòng)的事情）期待的，渴望的，盼望的
the children's expectant faces 孩子們充滿渴望的表情
expectant adjective (PREGNANT)
[ 只用在名詞前面的形容詞 ]used to refer to a woman who is pregnant or a man whose partner is pregnant
懷孕的；將要成為父母的
expectant mothers /fathers /couples 準(zhǔn)媽媽／爸爸／父母 返回 expectant