Word · Frequency #12010
Fully loadedweaning
给…断奶；使…断奶
weaning is the present participle of wean.
to gradually stop a baby or young animal from feeding on its mother's milk
- 1.
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.
给后代断奶；使(幼儿或幼畜)适应不再吃母乳。
- 2.
To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
不再依赖母乳获取营养。
- 3.
To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
使戒除(上瘾、依赖或习惯的事物)。
- 4.
To cease to depend.
停止依赖。
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。
In use
She is slowly weaning herself off coffee by replacing one cup with tea each day.
Parents should wean their children off late-night screen time.
The department gradually weaned itself from paper files and moved to a digital system.
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。
The therapist helped him wean himself off sleeping pills.
治疗师帮助他逐渐戒掉安眠药。
be weaned on sth
这个被动结构常表示从小就深受某事物影响。
Connections
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
- 从小耳濡目染（某事物）
- He was weaned on fairy tales and adventure stories.他从小听着童话和冒险故事长大。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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/.
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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