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the teat(s) of [animal]
常指哺乳动物的乳头，多用复数形式。
The calf suckled at the teats of the cow.
小牛吮吸母牛的乳头。
奶头；乳头
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奶头；乳头
the small projection of a mammary gland; a nipple
The calf suckled at the teats of the cow.
小牛吮吸母牛的乳头。
雌性哺乳动物乳腺的突起,分泌乳汁
The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
类似乳头的东西,如小突起或喷嘴
Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
用于给婴儿喂奶的人工奶嘴
An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.
The piglets pushed each other aside to reach a teat.
小猪们互相挤开，想要够到乳头。
Before milking, the farmer carefully cleaned each teat.
挤奶前，农夫仔细清洗了每个乳头。
The baby lamb found a teat and began to suckle.
小羊羔找到一个乳头，开始吮奶。
常指哺乳动物的乳头，多用复数形式。
The calf suckled at the teats of the cow.
小牛吮吸母牛的乳头。
Piglets suckle at the teats of the sow.
小猪仔吮吸母猪的乳头。
用于描述乳头数量。
A dairy cow usually has four teats per udder.
一头奶牛通常每个乳房有四个乳头。
Not this
The cow has four teets.
Use this
The cow has four teats.
拼写错误："teet" 是误拼，正确拼写为 "teat"，注意元音组合 "ea"。
Not this
The mother's teat is sore.
Use this
The mother's nipple is sore.
语义混淆："teat" 通常指动物的乳头，用于人时应用 "nipple"。
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母牛的乳头
Milk comes out of the cow's teat when the calf suckles.
小牛吮吸时，乳汁从母牛的乳头流出。
母猪的乳头
The piglets each claim one of the sow's teats.
每头小猪都会认准母猪的一个乳头来吃奶。
奶瓶奶嘴
Make sure the bottle teat has a small hole for the milk to flow through.
确保奶瓶奶嘴上有一个小孔，让牛奶流出来。
橡胶奶嘴
The baby refused the rubber teat on the new bottle.
宝宝不肯吸新奶瓶上的橡胶奶嘴。
挤奶杯
The milking machine's teat cup must fit each cow correctly.
挤奶机的挤奶杯必须与每头牛的乳头贴合良好。
依赖…而生存；从…获取好处
The struggling theater has been sucking at the teat of public funding for a decade.
这家经营困难的剧院十年来一直依赖公共资金维持。
靠政府拨款或救济生活
Many accuse the farmers of being on the government teat.
许多人指责这些农民靠政府救济过活。
毫无用处；多余的东西
That extra rule is like a teat on a bull.
那条额外的规定简直毫无用处。
Use teat naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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teat像tea(茶)，把茶壶嘴的小突起想成奶嘴，记住teat就是奶头/奶嘴。
语域：neutral 常见场景：动物解剖、兽医、农牧业 teat 指动物的乳头，多用于生物学、兽医和农牧业等专业场合，属于中性词。日常谈论人体时通常用 nipple，而不用 teat。
以上单词都与 teat /tiːt/ 押韵：meat, heat, seat, beat, neat, treat。注意：拼写以 -eat 结尾的 great /ɡreɪt/、threat /θret/、sweat /swet/ 发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.