Tra từ pregnant - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

preg·nant BrE [ˈpreɡnənt] NAmE [ˈpreɡnənt] adjective
1. (of a woman or female animal)having a baby or young animal developing inside her/its body
• My wife is pregnant.
• I was pregnant with our third child at the time.
•a heavily pregnant woman (= one whose baby is nearly ready to be born)
•to get/become pregnant
•He got his girlfriend pregnant and they're getting married.
•She's six months pregnant.
2. ~ with sth (formal)full of a quality or feeling
•Her silences were pregnant with criticism.
Idiom: ↑pregnant pause

Word Origin:
[pregnant] late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.

Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/kids
start a family
conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
miss your period
become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
go back/return to work after maternity leave
need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents

Example Bank:
•She was newly pregnant at the time.
•She was pregnant by a former client.
•She was pregnant with twins.
•When I found out I was pregnant, I didn't know what to do.