wean

英[wiːn]美[wiːn]
  • v. 给(婴儿)断奶；戒掉；放弃

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自PIE*wen,追寻，渴求，努力，词源同win,wonted.后用于指小孩摆脱母乳，开始习惯正常的饮食，从而引申词义断奶。
      verb(动词)
      1. 给（婴儿或动物幼崽）断奶

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 给（婴儿或动物幼崽）断奶

      The studies were carried out on calves that had been weaned at five weeks of age.

      这些研究是在5个星期大时断奶的小牛身上进行的。

    小知识

    To wean yourself from something is to gradually eliminate that thing from your life. You may want to wean yourself from watching too much TV, drinking two pots of coffee every morning, or obsessively reading the celebrity columns.

    To wean an infant — human or animal — you gradually reduce consumption of mother’s milk or bottled milk until the little one is no longer nursing or bottle-feeding. If you want to wean yourself from eating chocolate chip cookies, go from eating eight a day to only seven for the next few days, then to six for a few days and so on until you're no longer eating any chocolate chip cookies.

    实用短语

    1. to wean

      断奶,戒除,断绝

    2. wean off

      使脱离

    3. the wean machine

      小儿机,婴儿食物挤压喂食器

    4. early-wean

      早期断奶

    5. wean piglet

      断奶仔猪

    6. wean one's infant

      给婴儿断奶

    7. wean compotmd glycyrrhiza mixture

      小儿复方甘草合剂

    8. wean united inc

      维恩联合公司

    9. wean united

      威恩联合公司

    单词用法

    短语动词
    短语动词 查看更多 以下资源来自牛津词典 wean sb off/from sth 使逐渐戒除恶习（或避免依赖…） to make sb gradually stop doing or using sth The doctor tried to wean her off sleeping pills. 医生设法使她逐渐停止服用安眠药片。 wean sb on sth [usually passive] 使…经常经历（尤指从早年） to make sb experience sth regularly, especially from an early age He was weaned on a diet of rigid discipline and duty. 他自幼受到严格纪律和职责的约束。 收起

    同义词

    vt.使戒掉

    cure  /  from  /  away  /  of  /  turn  /  break

    其他释义

    turn  /  away  /  from  /  cure  /  break  /  of

    同根词

    词根：wean

    adj.

    weaning断奶的

    n.

    weaning断奶

    v.

    weaning断奶（wean的ing形式）；使断绝