spane

发音

/speɪn/

词形变化

spaned spanes 三单 spanes spaning spaning 现在分词 spaned 过去式 spaned 过去分词

别名

spean spain

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To wean; to spean.

    英国 方言 废旧

    to spane a child

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:spane.

词源

From Middle English spanen, probably from Middle Dutch spanen, spenen or Middle Low German spānen, spēnen, spōnen (“to wean”), ultimately from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *spanōn and *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spanōną and *spanjaną (“to wean”), from Proto-Germanic *spanō, *spenô (“teat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast; teat”). Cognate with Dutch spenen (“to wean”), German spänen (“to wean”), Old French espanir (“to wean”) (from Germanic).

来源：wiktionary