expectant
adjective uk/ɪkˈspek.tənt/ us/ɪkˈspek.tənt/
(THINKING)
（对愉快或令人激动的事情）期待的，渴望的，盼望的
thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen
the children's expectant faces 孩子们充满渴望的表情
(PREGNANT)
[ before noun ]怀孕的;将要成为父母的
used to refer to a woman who is pregnant or a man whose partner is pregnant
expectant mothers/fathers/couples 准妈妈／爸爸／父母