gestate
英 [dʒesˈteɪ.ʃən]
美 [dʒesˈteɪ.ʃən]
1、gest- "bear, carry" + -ate.
gestate 孕育来自词根ger, gest, 含有,带来,词源同exaggerate, gesture.词义引申为孕育。进一步来自PIE*ag, 做,驱动,词源同act, agent.
- gestate (v.)
- 1847, a back-formation from gestation. Related: Gestated; gestating.
- 1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.
- 教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。