breastfeed

/ˈbrestfiːd/ (bre, ipa) · [brˈɛstfid] /ˈbrestfiːd/ (ame, ipa) · [brˈɛstfid] /ˈbrest-ˌfēd How to pronounce breastfeed (audio)/ (ame, mw)

breastfeed — verb

  • breastfeedpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • breastfeedshe / she / it
  • breastfedpast simple
  • breastfeeding-ing form
  • breastfeededpast participle

1. to nurse a baby by giving the child the mother's own milk directly, instead of b

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

to nurse a baby by giving the child the mother's own milk directly, instead of bottled milk.

例句

After the birth, Manuela chose to breastfeed her daughter for six months.

breastfeed + baby/child object

The nurse helped Ada breastfeed her son during the first hospital night.

同義詞
  • nurse

    can mean feed a baby from the breast, but it can also mean care for someone who is ill.

反義詞
  • bottle-feed

    means feeding a baby from a bottle rather than directly from the breast.

文法句型

breastfeed a baby

continue to breastfeed

breastfeed exclusively

用法筆記

The subject is usually a mother feeding her baby or young child. The verb normally takes the baby or child as its object, not the milk itself, and English does not use 'to' before that object.

常見錯誤

❌She breastfed to her baby at night.
✅She breastfed her baby at night.
💡breastfeed takes a direct object, not 'to'.
❌The mother breastfeeded her son for a year.
✅The mother breastfed her son for a year.
💡the past form is breastfed, not breastfeeded.