bottle-feeding
/ˈbɒt.əl ˌfiː.dɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbɑː.t̬əl ˌfiː.dɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbä-tᵊl-ˌfēd How to pronounce bottle-feed (audio)/ (ame, mw)
bottle-feeding — noun
1. the practice of giving a baby milk or formula from a bottle, rather than from th
the practice of giving a baby milk or formula from a bottle, rather than from the mother's breast.
Imani chose bottle-feeding so her husband could share the night shifts with the twins.
abstract noun: subject 'X chose bottle-feeding'
The clinic nurse taught Tomás the basics of bottle-feeding before his daughter went home.
collocation: the basics / fundamentals of bottle-feeding
Many working mothers in the village switched to bottle-feeding after their maternity leave ended.
Aoi read three books on bottle-feeding while she was still pregnant.
Doctors say bottle-feeding is a safe option when a mother cannot produce enough milk.
- formula feeding
more specific — refers to feeding with infant formula, not pumped breast milk
- breastfeeding
feeding directly from the breast
文法句型
bottle-feeding as subject
bottle-feeding as object of preposition
用法筆記
Uncountable: never 'a bottle-feeding' or 'bottle-feedings'. Often paired with 'breastfeeding' for contrast in parenting discussions.
常見錯誤
bottle-feeding — verb
- bottle-feedingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- bottle-feedings3rd person singular
- bottle-feedinging-ing form
- bottle-feedingedpast simple
1. to give a baby milk or formula from a bottle, often instead of feeding from the
to give a baby milk or formula from a bottle, often instead of feeding from the breast.
Kofi gently bottle-fed his newborn son while his wife rested in the hospital bed.
transitive: bottle-feed + baby
The young calves on the farm had to be bottle-fed after their mother fell ill.
passive: be bottle-fed (extended to young animals)
Linh bottle-feeds her baby every three hours through the night.
The midwife showed Yara how to bottle-feed the premature twins safely.
Babies who are bottle-fed may need to be burped more often than those who breastfeed.
- formula-feed
specific to infant formula rather than expressed breast milk
- breastfeed
feed directly from the mother's breast
- nurse
informal verb for breastfeeding a baby
文法句型
bottle-feed + baby/infant
be bottle-fed (passive)
用法筆記
Frequently passive when describing the baby ('the baby was bottle-fed'). The active form takes the baby as direct object. Sometimes extended to young farm animals (lambs, calves) raised without the mother.