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(chǎn)法的與一種生孩子方法有關(guān)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(zhǔn)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）