wean

英 [wiːn]

美 [wiːn]

v.  使(婴儿或动物幼崽)断奶

现在分词：weaning　过去分词：weaned　第三人称单数：weans　过去式：weaned　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12010 / COCA.13577

短语用例

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

wean sb on sth

• 使…经常经历（尤指从早年）
  to make sb experience sth regularly, especially from an early age

牛津词典

verb

• 使（婴儿或动物幼崽）断奶
  to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal with its mother's milk and start feeding it with solid food

柯林斯词典

• VERB 给(婴儿或幼崽)断奶
  When a baby or baby animalis weaned, its mother stops feeding it milk and starts giving it other food, especially solid food.
  1. The baby would be weaned and she would bring it home...
     婴儿断奶后，她会把婴儿带回家。
  2. When would be the best time to start weaning my baby?...
     什么时候开始给我的孩子断奶最好？
  3. Phil took the labrador home and is weaning him off milk on to meat...
     菲尔把拉布拉多犬带回了家，正给它断奶，改喂肉食。
  4. Once weaned, the piglets may be put in pens.
     一旦断了奶，小猪就可以放进猪圈了。
• VERB 使放弃，使戒掉，使不再依赖(尤指恶习)
  If youweansomeoneoffa habit or something they like, you gradually make them stop doing it or liking it, especially when you think is bad for them.
  1. He was mellowed by a wife who weaned him off violence and drink...
     他妻子帮他戒除了动粗和嗜酒的恶习，使他变得成熟了。
  2. You are given pills with small quantities of nicotine to wean you from cigarettes...
     会给你一些含少量尼古丁的药片帮你戒除烟瘾。
  3. Children should be weaned off television...
     孩子应该少看电视。
  4. It's two years since I've seen Iain. I'm still trying to wean myself off him but it's hard.
     我已有两年没见过伊恩了。我试图让自己不再去想他，可很难做到。

英英释义

verb

• gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
  1. she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk
  2. The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle
  Synonym:ablactate
• detach the affections of

双语例句

• It's two years since I've seen Iain. I'm still trying to wean myself off him but it's hard.
  我已有两年没见过伊恩了。我试图让自己不再去想他，可很难做到。
• He must wean himself from suckling the energy of others and become a vibrant transmitter of energy himself.
  他必须戒掉自己吮吸他人能量的恶习，而成为一个充满活力的能源体并不断向外放射这种正能量。
• The doctor gives him a special injection to help him wean of the drug.
  医生为他打了一针，帮助他戒掉毒瘾。
• We have a substitute that can help wean you off heroin.
  我们有一种替代品，可以帮你戒除海洛因。
• Trying to wean people from cigarettes by gradually reducing the nicotine content.
  试图用逐渐减少尼古丁含量的办法使人们戒烟。
• Phil took the labrador home and is weaning him off milk on to meat
  菲尔把拉布拉多犬带回了家，正给它断奶，改喂肉食。
• It is necessary to wean people off of it slowly and get them to eat less salt.
  必须使人们缓慢戒掉高盐饮食并让他们习惯于食用低盐食物。
• Once weaned, the piglets may be put in pens.
  一旦断了奶，小猪就可以放进猪圈了。
• I do not expect any government to dare to wean the English from their trust in land speculation.
  我不指望哪届政府敢于让英国人放弃对土地投机的依赖。
• Instead, every effort should be made to wean it away from noxious terrorist groups.
  相反，我们应尽一切努力，让该国与有害的恐怖组织断绝关系。