suckle

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suck·le /ˈsʌkəl/ verb  1  [transitive]HBHHBA to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast 给〔婴儿或小动物〕喂奶，哺乳 a sheep suckling her lamb 一只给羊羔喂奶的绵羊2. [intransitive]HBHHBA if a baby or young animal suckles, it sucks milk from a breast 〔婴儿或小动物〕吃奶，吸奶 → breast-feed, nurse→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

suckle• Pups suckle for three to four weeks before gradually learning to go their own way.• Gozitan legend says that a giantess built the temples single-handed, suckling her baby at the same time.• On a bench a young woman with red hair had been suckling her baby.• For instance, an adult female will purr while suckling her kittens and when she courts a male.• But neither of these facts is of much relevance, for both apply to older children, not to suckling infants.• Suckling me where your mouth suckled?• It is the woman who conceives, bears, and suckles the child.Origin suckle (1300-1400) Probably from suckling

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suckle
suck‧le /ˈsʌkəl/ verb1. [transitive] to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast:
    a sheep suckling her lamb
2. [intransitive] if a baby or young animal suckles, it sucks milk from a breast ⇨ breast-feed, nurse

suckleBrE /ˈsʌkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌkl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they suckle BrE /ˈsʌkl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌkl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it suckles BrE /ˈsʌklz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌklz/ 🔊past simple suckled BrE /ˈsʌkld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌkld/ 🔊past participle suckled BrE /ˈsʌkld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌkld/ 🔊 -ing form suckling BrE /ˈsʌklɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌklɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sb/sth (of a woman or female animal 妇女或雌兽) to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast or udder 给…喂奶；给…哺乳◆a cow suckling her calves给小牛喂奶的母牛◆(old-fashioned) a mother suckling a baby给婴儿哺乳的母亲 [intransitive] (of a baby or young animal 婴儿或幼兽) to drink milk from its mother's breast or udder 吸奶；吃奶