lactate

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lactate

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lac·tate /lækˈteɪt $ ˈlækteɪt/ verb [intransitive] HBif a woman or female animal lactates, she produces milk to feed her baby or babies with 泌乳，分泌乳汁→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

lactate• Carrington's Self-Portrait of 1938-9 shows the artist seated in a room with a lactating hyena and a rocking horse.Origin lactate (1800-1900) Latin past participle of lactare, from lac; LACTIC

lac·tate verbChineseSyllable

she a woman produces Corpus lactates, if female animal or

lactate
lac‧tate /lækˈteɪt $ ˈlækteɪt/

verb [intransitive]

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: past participle of lactare, from lac; LACTIC

if a woman or female animal lactates, she produces milk to feed her baby or babies with

lac·tate

BrE

/lækˈteɪt/

NAmE

/lækˈteɪt/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

lactate

BrE

/lækˈteɪt/

NAmE

/lækˈteɪt/

present simple - he / she / it

lactates

BrE

/lækˈteɪts/

NAmE

/lækˈteɪts/

past simple

lactated

BrE

/lækˈteɪtɪd/

NAmE

/lækˈteɪtɪd/

past participle

lactated

BrE

/lækˈteɪtɪd/

NAmE

/lækˈteɪtɪd/

-ing form

lactating

BrE

/lækˈteɪtɪŋ/

NAmE

/lækˈteɪtɪŋ/

[intransitive]

(

specialist

)

(of a woman or female animal 妇女或雌性动物) to produce milk from the breasts to feed a baby or young animal 泌乳

▸

lac·ta·tion

BrE

/lækˈteɪʃn/

NAmE

/lækˈteɪʃn/

noun

[uncountable]

◆the period of lactation哺乳期