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
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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
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suck·led, suck·ling.
- : to suck at the breast or udder.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbnurse
Forms: suckling
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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