wean

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wean /wiːn/ verb [transitive]  1 MBHBto gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal on its mother’s milk and start giving it ordinary food 使〔婴儿或幼畜〕断奶wean somebody onto something It’s time to start weaning her onto solid foods. 该让她断奶吃固体食物了。2 wean somebody off/from something phrasal verb STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto make someone gradually stop doing something you disapprove of 使〔某人〕逐渐戒除 advice on how to wean yourself off nicotine 关于如何戒除尼古丁的建议3 be weaned on something phrasal verb EFFECT/INFLUENCEto be influenced by something from a very early age 自幼受…的影响 I was weaned on a diet of Hollywood fantasy. 我自幼深受好莱坞梦的影响。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

wean• Some infants are weaned at six months.• The vote came on an amendment to a sweeping farm bill aimed at weaning farmers from federal subsidies.• The doctor never told me to wean him off the drug-to watch out for depression, anything.• Therefore puppies housed after weaning in insanitary surroundings are at greatest risk from this vice.• I remember thinking that, and may have made a significant advance toward weaning myself away from childish ways and thoughts.• That is, users are given smaller and smaller daily amounts of the drug until they are presumably weaned off opioids altogether.• You may have to use live Guppies and Goldfish before weaning on to dead foods.• When she weans them on to meat she usually feeds them from the kill before she herself eats.Origin wean Old English wenian

wean verbChinese  

Corpus baby feeding animal to a young or stop gradually

wean
wean /wiːn/ verb [transitive]to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal on its mother’s milk and start giving it ordinary food
    wean somebody onto something
    It’s time to start weaning her onto solid foods.
     
wean somebody off/from something phrasal verb
  to make someone gradually stop doing something you disapprove of:
    advice on how to wean yourself off nicotine
be weaned on something phrasal verb
  to be influenced by something from a very early age:
    I was weaned on a diet of Hollywood fantasy.

weanBrE /wiːn/ 🔊NAmE /wiːn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they wean BrE /wiːn/ 🔊 NAmE /wiːn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it weans BrE /wiːnz/ 🔊 NAmE /wiːnz/ 🔊past simple weaned BrE /wiːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /wiːnd/ 🔊past participle weaned BrE /wiːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /wiːnd/ 🔊 -ing form weaning BrE /ˈwiːnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwiːnɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth (off/from sth) to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal with its mother's milk and start feeding it with solid food 使（婴儿或动物幼崽）断奶 ●ˈwean sb off/from sthto make sb gradually stop doing or using sth 使逐渐戒除恶习（或避免依赖…）◆The doctor tried to wean her off sleeping pills. 医生设法使她逐渐停止服用安眠药片。🔊🔊●ˈwean sb on sth [usually passive] to make sb experience sth regularly, especially from an early age 使…经常经历（尤指从早年）◆He was weaned on a diet of rigid discipline and duty. 他自幼受到严格纪律和职责的约束。🔊🔊