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発音

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪt/
• 韻: -eɪt

動詞

gestate (三人称単数 現在形 gestates, 現在分詞 gestating, 過去形および過去分詞形 gestated)

1. (intransitive) To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
   • 2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press (→ISBN)

     In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates.

2. (by extension, intransitive) To develop an idea.
   • 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 112:

     Philip wondered at that five-year gap. Perhaps it simply proved that a work of genius takes longer to gestate than a work of mere competent brilliance.

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• gestation