形容詞 expectant:

1. marked by eager anticipation
   同義詞：anticipant, anticipative
2. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
   同義詞：big, enceinte, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child

1. Relating to or being a method of childbirth in which the expectant mother is prepared psychologically and physically to give birth without the use of drugs.
   心理助產法的與一種生孩子方法有關的或這種方法的，在該法中懷孕的母親不借助麻醉藥而是在心理和身體上作充分的準備
2. With expectant faces, children are waiting for the drama to start.
   孩子們眼巴巴地等候話劇開始。

ex.pec.tant

adj.（形容詞）
Having or marked by expectation:
期待的，期望的：有期望的或以其為特征的：
例句：
an expectant look; an expectant hush.
期待的月光；意料的安靜

Pregnant:
懷孕的：
例句：
expectant mothers.
孕婦

【引伸】
expec.tant
n.（名詞）
expec.tantly
adv.（副詞）