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suckle

verb
🔊/ˈsʌkl/
🔊/ˈsʌkl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they suckle
🔊/ˈsʌkl/
🔊/ˈsʌkl/
he / she / it suckles
🔊/ˈsʌklz/
🔊/ˈsʌklz/
past simple suckled
🔊/ˈsʌkld/
🔊/ˈsʌkld/
past participle suckled
🔊/ˈsʌkld/
🔊/ˈsʌkld/
-ing form suckling
🔊/ˈsʌklɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsʌklɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] suckle somebody/something (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
    Topics Life stagesc2
  2. [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
    • The young of some mammals continue to suckle for years.一些哺乳动物的幼仔继续哺乳多年。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: probably a back-formation from suckling.