Word · Frequency #12010
Fully loadedweaning
给…断奶；使…断奶
weaning is the present participle of wean.
核心释义
to gradually stop a baby or young animal from feeding on its mother's milk
- 1.
给后代断奶；使(幼儿或幼畜)适应不再吃母乳。
To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
- 2.
不再依赖母乳获取营养。
To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
- 3.
使戒除(上瘾、依赖或习惯的事物)。
To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
- 4.
停止依赖。
To cease to depend.
使放弃；使戒除；给后代断奶；使(幼儿或幼畜)适应不再吃母乳。；不再依赖母乳获取营养。；使戒除(上瘾、依赖或习惯的事物)。；停止依赖。
用法In use
She is slowly weaning herself off coffee by replacing one cup with tea each day.
用法提示：wean oneself off 表示“使自己逐渐戒除”，wean 是及物动词，此处用现在进行时。
Parents should wean their children off late-night screen time.
用法提示：wean someone off 表示“使某人逐渐戒除”，wean 接宾语后再接 off。
The department gradually weaned itself from paper files and moved to a digital system.
用法提示：wean oneself from 表示“使自己逐渐摆脱依赖”，wean 用过去式 weaned。
wean sb
wean 是及物动词，宾语指婴儿或幼小动物，意思是让之不再吃母乳。
Most mothers wean their babies around six months.
大多数母亲在宝宝六个月左右时给他们断奶。
wean sb off sth
off 后接需要逐步戒除的事物，常用于戒掉药物或坏习惯。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- wean off
- 使逐渐戒除（习惯、药物等）
- The doctor carefully weaned him off the painkillers.医生小心地让他逐渐停用止痛药。
- wean from
- 使（婴儿或幼兽）断奶；使戒除
- It can be difficult to wean a baby from the breast.给婴儿断奶可能很困难。
- wean onto
- 使（婴儿）开始吃（辅食）
- The pediatrician advised us to wean the baby onto soft foods at six months.儿科医生建议我们在宝宝六个月时开始给他添加软食。
- wean oneself off
- 自己逐渐戒除（习惯、嗜好）
- She is trying to wean herself off coffee after noon.她正努力让自己中午以后不再喝咖啡。
- be weaned on
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
wean（断奶）和 mean（小气）同韵：妈妈变小气不给奶，宝宝逐渐断奶。记住 wean 中也有 mean 的 'ean' 哦。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：childcare、veterinary practice、health and lifestyle advice 该词作动词使用时通常为中性语域，多用于婴儿/幼崽断奶、戒除习惯等场景；在医疗、健康建议中亦较常见。口语和书面语中都可使用，无明显正式或随意倾向。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with wean /wiːn/: they share the final /iːn/ sound. Note that 'wean' is an anagram of 'wane', but 'wane' is pronounced /weɪn/ and does not rhyme; 'wean' also differs from 'when' /wɛn/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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