With child 成语
With child
(UK) If a woman's with child, she's pregnant.
with child|child
adv. phr.,
literary Going to have a baby; pregnant.
The angel told Mary she was with child. Compare: IN A FAMILY WAY or IN THE FAMILY WAY.
with child
Pregnant. Although still acclimated today, this appellation is somewhat academic and old-fashioned. Yes, it's true—I'm with adolescent and about three months along! Did you apprehend that Marissa is with child? Such blessed news!Learn more: child*with child
Euph. pregnant. (Biblical. *Typically: be ~; get a woman ~.) The aboriginal affair he did afterwards he got affiliated was to get his wife with child. She advisedly set out to get herself with child, as they say.Learn more: child with child
Pregnant.Learn more: child