impregnate

英語

impregnate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 impregnates，現在分詞 impregnating，一般過去時及過去分詞 impregnated)

(及物) 使懷孕，使受精
近義詞：knock up、inseminate、(用於動物) cover

I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
我在診所受孕，但不知道精子捐贈者是誰。
- 1903 [1901], Maurice Maeterlinck, 譯者 Alfred Sutro, The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company，第 264 頁:
  The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight.
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(及物) 使（土地）肥沃
(及物) 注入，使充滿，使飽和
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(及物) 使滲入，浸透，浸漬；用物質填滿孔隙或空間
- 1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent，第 121 頁:
  It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.
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(不及物，過時) 懷孕
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