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suckling

/suhk-ling/US // ˈsʌk lɪŋ //UK // (ˈsʌklɪŋ) //

哺乳期,吮吸,哺乳,吸吮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an infant or a young animal that is not yet weaned.

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Examples

  • They included both William Davenant, a godson of Shakespeare and Sir John Suckling, the inventor of the card game cribbage.

  • There is also a big demand for whole porcelets and suckling pigs, for the same reason.

  • He'll have a good place, I bet any money; and Bob Suckling, who's always with them—a high fellow, too.

  • When he got on board, Captain Suckling was not in the ship, nor had any person been apprised of the boy's coming.

  • Until the young one is weaned, its habitat is evidently in the water as we never saw an adult suckling its offspring.

  • Amongst these we may distinguish some women suckling their children, and men presenting offerings to them.

  • And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den.