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
Related word: expectantly