英文词源
- impregnate (v.)
- c. 1600, from Late Latin impraegnatus "pregnant," past participle of impraegnare "to render pregnant," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + praegnare "make pregnant" (see pregnant). Earlier in same sense was impregn (1530s).
中文词源
impregnate:使充满,使遍布
im-,进入,使,pregnant,怀孕的,孕育的,词源同gene.引申词义繁殖,使充满,使遍布。
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