teat

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Related topics: Babies, Animals, Human

teat /tiːt/ noun [countable]  1. British EnglishDHB the rubber part on a baby’s bottle that the baby sucks milk from 〔婴儿奶瓶上的〕橡皮奶头，奶嘴 SYN American English nipple2. HBAHBHone of the small parts on a female animal’s body that her babies suck milk from 〔雌性动物的〕奶头，乳头

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teat• The journey is not a long one, a few centimetres only, and the babies quickly find a teat.• They attach themselves to her in the time-honoured order: strongest take the front teats, weakest the rear.• A few spurts of milk then the thing was at the teat end again, a pinkish-white object peeping through the orifice.• Unshielded babies clinging to teats would soon be brushed off.Origin teat (1100-1200) Old French tete

teat nounChinese  

the part rubber that Corpus bottle baby’s on a

teat
teat /tiːt/ noun [countable]1. British English the rubber part on a baby’s bottle that the baby sucks milk from
   SYN  nipple American English
2. one of the small parts on a female animal’s body that her babies suck milk from

teatBrE /tiːt/ 🔊NAmE /tiːt/ 🔊 noun(BrE) (NAmE nip·ple) the rubber part at the end of a baby's bottle that the baby sucks in order to get milk, etc. from the bottle 奶嘴；橡胶乳头one of the parts of a female animal's body that the young animals suck in order to get milk （雌兽的）乳头，奶头