wean
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they wean | |
| he / she / it weans | |
| past simple weaned | |
| past participle weaned | |
| -ing form weaning |
- wean somebody/something (off/from/onto something)
to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal with its mother’s milk and start feeding it with solid food 使（婴儿或动物幼崽）断奶 Leopard cubs are weaned at three months. 豹子幼崽在三个月大时断奶。 You can start weaning your baby when it's six months old. 你可以在宝宝六个月大的时候开始断奶。 to wean a baby onto solid food 让孩子断奶转而吃固体食物
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gradually
- attempt to
- try to
- (away) from
- off
- on
- …
Word OriginOld English wenian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wennen and German entwöhnen.