1、settle down
(尤指结婚或买房后)定居,安顿下来
One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
总有一天,我会想安定下来,成个家。
Before she settled down in Portugal, she had run her own antiques shop in London.
在定居葡萄牙之前,她在伦敦经营一家自己的古董店。
(历经磨难或变化后)安静下来,平静下来
It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France.
等欧洲的局势平定下来后,去法国旅行一趟应该不错。
We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down.
我们去看了四次治疗专家,现在孩子们已经稳定下来了。
集中精力做;开始认真做
He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen.
他喝了杯咖啡,回来后开始认真听讲。
They settled down to some serious work.
他们着手做一些重要的工作。
2、pregnant
怀孕的;妊娠的
Lena got pregnant and married.
莉娜怀孕并结婚了。
Tina was pregnant with their first daughter.
蒂娜怀了他们的第一个女儿。
耐人寻味的;意味深长的;心照不宣的
There was a long, pregnant silence.
当时出现了长时间耐人寻味的沉默。
a deceptive peace, pregnant with invisible threats.
一种和平的假象,潜伏着许多无形的威胁