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+。
• Related Analysis of Renin and IL-10 with Porcine Gestation Length
  Renin和IL-10基因与猪妊娠期的相关性研究
• 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。
• Gestation extends from fertilization to birth.
  妊娠期系指从配种到分娩之间的时间。
• 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 shortest gestation period in any mammal.
  任何哺乳动物中最短的怀孕期。
• The extraordinary length of the book's gestation meant that much changed between conception and publication.
  这本书经历了这么多年酝酿，很明显，这本书最初的构想和之后出版的内容已经不太一样了。
• Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time.
  在短于正常时间的妊娠期后出生的。
• There is no gyral pattern seen here ( lissencephaly) because this stillborn fetus was under 20 weeks gestation.
  此处所示为无脑回类型（无脑回畸形），因为这个死产胎儿妊娠期少于20周。
• Elephants have a gestation period of about 624 days.
  象的怀孕期大约为624日。