gravid
gravid — 形容詞
- gravidpositive
- more gravidcomparative
- most gravidsuperlative
1. carrying developing young or eggs inside the body; used as a technical word, mos
懷孕的
懷有胎兒或卵的，多用於動物或醫學語境
carrying developing young or eggs inside the body; used as a technical word, most often about animals or in medical and scientific writing rather than everyday speech about people.
Maeve photographed a gravid sea turtle slowly climbing the beach to lay her eggs.
Maeve 拍下一隻懷孕的海龜緩緩爬上沙灘準備產卵。
attributive: gravid + animal noun
The biology textbook explained that a gravid female shark can carry pups for nearly two years.
生物課本說明，一隻懷孕的母鯊魚可以孕育幼鯊將近兩年。
technical register: scientific writing about animals
Dr. Mauricio noted on the chart that the patient was gravid and due in early March.
Mauricio 醫師在病歷上註記，這位病人已懷孕，預產期在三月初。
predicative: be gravid (medical context)
At the rescue center, staff fed extra protein to every gravid mare in the stable.
在救援中心，工作人員會替每一匹懷孕的母馬補充額外蛋白質。
collocation: gravid mare / gravid female
Researchers gently weighed each gravid frog before returning it to the pond.
研究人員小心地替每隻懷孕的青蛙秤重後，再放回池塘。
- gravid female
- gravid uterus
- gravid mare
- gravid shark
- pregnant
the standard everyday word; works for humans and animals in all registers
- expectant
softer, often paired with 'mother'; not used of animals
- with young
plain phrase typical of farming or wildlife writing
文法句型
be gravid
gravid + noun
用法筆記
Used almost only in scientific, veterinary, or formal medical writing. In everyday English, say 'pregnant' or 'expecting' instead — 'gravid' about a human in casual speech sounds clinical or odd.
常見錯誤
同根字
- gravidity名詞C2
- gravidness名詞C2