conception
英 [kən'sepʃ(ə)n]
美[kən'sɛpʃən]
- n. 怀孕；概念；设想；开始
英英释意
- 1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- 2. the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- 3. the event that occurred at the beginning of something;
- "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
- 4. the creation of something in the mind