wean
verb · nounA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
The cow has weaned her calf.
- 2.
(intransitive)To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
The kittens are finally weaning.
- 3.
(broadly, transitive)(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
He managed to wean himself off heroin.
- 4.
(broadly, intransitive)(intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.
She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.
- 5.
(broadly, obsolete, transitive)(transitive, by extension, obsolete) To raise, to help grow toward maturity
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Scotland)(Scotland, Mid-Ulster, others) A young child.
Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit), from *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (to make wont; accustom), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (to strive for; wish; love).