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suckle.

/suhk-uhl/US // ˈsʌk əl //UK // (ˈsʌkəl) //

哺乳期,吸吮,吮吸,哺乳

Related Words

nurture抚育,培养,培育,养育 nourish滋养,滋润,滋补,颐养 breastfeed母乳喂养,母乳哺育,哺育母乳,哺乳

Definitions

v.verb · 有主动词

1.
suck·led, suck·ling.
- ›to nurse at the breast or udder.
- ›to nourish or bring up.
- ›to put to suck.

v.verb · 无主动词

1.
suck·led, suck·ling.
- ›to suck at the breast or udder.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbnurse

Forms: suckling

Synonyms

breastfeed母乳喂养,母乳哺育,哺育母乳,哺乳 nourish滋养,滋润,滋补,颐养 nurture抚育,培养,培育,养育

Antonyms

deprive褫夺,扣押,褫夺了,剥夺 neglect忽视,忽略了,忽视了,忽略 starve饿死,饿死了,饿肚子,饿着肚子

Examples

It is Ma who suggests to Rose of Sharon that she suckle a starving man.
When they suckle their young, they take them in their paws, and present the breast to them like a woman.
Men cannot give birth to a child, nor can they suckle a child; they can only procreate children, or become fathers.
Man belongs to the highest class of vertebrates, the Mammals, which produce living young and suckle them.
He cautiously pulled back a branch of the honey-suckle, and looked through.
In consumption, all efforts to suckle are frequently equally fatal to the mother and child.

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