wean

简明英汉词典

wean

[wi:n]

vt.

使断奶, 使丢弃, 使断念

n.

幼儿, 小儿

美国传统词典[双解]

wean

wean

AHD:[w?n]

D.J.[wi8n]

K.K.[win]

v.tr.（及物动词）

weaned， wean.ing， weans

(1)To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling.

使断奶：使（幼年哺乳动物）习惯于不吃奶而获得养料

(2)To detach from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted:

使戒掉：使脱离已经根深蒂固的东西：

She weaned herself from cigarettes.

她自己戒了烟

(3)Usage Problem To be raised on.

【用法疑难】 被抚养

语源

(1)Middle English wenen

中古英语 wenen

(2)from Old English wenian * see wen- 1

源自 古英语 wenian *参见 wen- 1

用法

In recent years weaned on has come to be widely used in the sense “raised on,” as in Moviegoers weaned on the Star Trek TV series will doubtless find the film to their liking. A few critics have objected to this usage on the grounds that wean refers literally to a detachment from a source of nourishment. But the process of weaning involves a substitution of some other form of nourishment for mother's milk; thus it is sometimes said that a child is weaned onto or on sugar water. Hence a sentence like Paul was weaned on Dixieland may suggest metaphorically that Paul's exposure to Dixieland began from the time he stopped nursing, that is, from a very early age.

近些年来weaned on 已经被广泛地用于“被…养大”的意义， 如此句看着 特莱克明星 电视连续剧长大的影迷会毫无疑问地发现这部电影对他们的胃口。 一些批评家反对这种用法的理由在于wean 原指脱离营养之源。 但是断奶的过程包含了以别种形式营养代替母乳；于是有时候我们说一个孩子断奶水 或 糖水。 因此句子如保罗是听着迪克西爵士乐长大的 可能暗喻地表示保罗从停奶的时候，也就是很早以前就听过迪克西爵士乐了

现代英汉词典

wean

[wi:n]

vt.

(1)断奶

(2)（常与from连用）使戒掉；使断绝

She tried to wean him away from football.

她要他以后不要再踢足球了。

现代英汉综合大辞典

wean

[wi:n]

vt.

(1)使断奶

(2)使脱离, 使疏远(from); 使断绝(from)

He was sent away to school to wean him from bad companions.

送他上学, 以便与坏的伙伴断绝来往。

继承用法

weaner

n.

断奶的幼畜; 断奶器

weanling

[`wi:nlIN]

adj., n.

刚断奶的(婴孩或幼畜)

英文相关词典

wean

break ofcureturn away from

美国传统词典

wean

wean

AHD:[w?n]

D.J.[wi8n]

K.K.[win]

v.tr.

weaned, wean.ing, weans

(1)To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling.

(2)To detach from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted:

She weaned herself from cigarettes.

(3)Usage Problem To be raised on.

语源

(1)Middle English wenen

(2)from Old English wenian * see wen- 1

用法

In recent years weaned on has come to be widely used in the sense “raised on,” as in Moviegoers weaned on the Star Trek TV series will doubtless find the film to their liking. A few critics have objected to this usage on the grounds that wean refers literally to a detachment from a source of nourishment. But the process of weaning involves a substitution of some other form of nourishment for mother's milk; thus it is sometimes said that a child is weaned onto or on sugar water. Hence a sentence like Paul was weaned on Dixieland may suggest metaphorically that Paul's exposure to Dixieland began from the time he stopped nursing, that is, from a very early age.

英汉农牧林大词典

wean

n.断乳,离乳

英汉中医大词典

wean

n.断奶,放弃,戒掉