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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   expectant

   • IPA[ikˈspekt(ə)nt]

   美式

   • adj.
     having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting；(of a woman) pregnant
   • n.
     a person who anticipates receiving something, especially high office

   • noun: expectant, plural noun: expectants

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting an expectant conference crowd 同義詞 eager, excited, agog, waiting with bated breath, breathless, ... 更多waiting, anticipatory, hopeful, in suspense, on tenterhooks, on the edge of one's seat, keyed up, on pins and needles, anxious反義詞 uninterested
   • ▪ (of a woman) pregnant an expectant mother 同義詞 pregnant, having a baby, having a child, carrying a child, enceinte, ... 更多informalexpecting, in the family way, expecting a happy event, eating for two, preggers, preggy, with a bun in the oven, with one in the oven, up the duff, in the club, in the pudding club, up the spout, up the stick, knocked up, preggo, clucky, informal, datedin trouble, in pod, technicalgravid, parturient, archaicwith child, heavy/big with child, in a delicate condition, in an interesting condition, childing, on the way, rareimpregnate

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. archaic a person who anticipates receiving something, especially high office some devoted themselves to the wearer of the crown, and others to the expectant
3. • 更多解釋

   expectant

   • IPA[ɪkˈspɛkt(ə)nt]

   英式

   • adj.
     having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something good: expectant crowds arrived early
   • n.
     a person who anticipates receiving something, especially high office: some devoted themselves to the wearer of the crown, and others to the expectant

   Oxford Dictionary