lactate

verb

/lækˈteɪt/

/ˈlækteɪt/

[intransitive] (specialist)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they lactate	/lækˈteɪt/ /ˈlækteɪt/
he / she / it lactates	/lækˈteɪts/ /ˈlækteɪts/
past simple lactated	/lækˈteɪtɪd/ /ˈlækteɪtɪd/
past participle lactated	/lækˈteɪtɪd/ /ˈlækteɪtɪd/
-ing form lactating	/lækˈteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈlækteɪtɪŋ/

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(of a woman or female animal妇女或雌性动物) to produce milk to feed a baby or young animal泌乳
Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from lactation, from Latin lactatio(n-), from lactare ‘suckle’, from lac, lact- ‘milk’.

BNC: 39921 COCA: 29759

lactate