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suckle

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

哺乳期,吸吮,吮吸,哺乳

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    suck·led, suck·ling.

    • : to nurse at the breast or udder.
    • : to nourish or bring up.
    • : to put to suck.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    suck·led, suck·ling.

    • : to suck at the breast or udder.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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.