suckling

FREQ #33872

n. 乳儿, 乳臭未干的小子

词形变化

sucklings 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.

  2. 2.

    A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.

  3. 1.

    The act of suckling.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of suckle

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

lactation nurseling nursling

上位词 5

baby babe feeding infant alimentation

相关短语

suckling pig 哺乳期仔猪, 仔猪; 豚 suckling pigs suckling clover

词源

From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck + -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (“suckling”), Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”), German Säugling (“suckling”).

来源：wiktionary