wean

Các nghĩa

1. dứt sữa · cai sữa

   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.

   transitive

   The cow has weaned her calf.

   Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

2. tập cho quen từ nhỏ

   To habituate (someone) to something, especially since childhood.

   broadly · often · transitive

   His generation was weaned on 1980's music.

3. cai sữa

   To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.

   intransitive

   The kittens are finally weaning.

4. cai nghiện

   To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

   broadly · transitive

   He managed to wean himself off heroin.

   With Marvin getting older ... and walking now ... I thought it was time to start weaning him off of his bottle.

   The troubles of age were intended […] to wean us gradually from our fondness of life.

5. dứt bỏ

   To cease to depend.

   broadly · intransitive

   She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.

Dạng khác

• weans present, singular, third-person
• weaning participle, present
• weaned participle, past

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