colostrum
colostrum — 名詞
1. the thick yellow fluid that a mother's breasts release for roughly two to four d
初乳
產後最初幾天分泌的乳汁，富含抗體
the thick yellow fluid that a mother's breasts release for roughly two to four days right after giving birth, before her regular milk comes in; it is packed with protein and natural substances that help shield a newborn baby from illness.
The midwife told Ayesha that colostrum would protect her newborn from infection.
助產士告訴 Ayesha 初乳可以保護她剛出生的寶寶免於感染。
typical context: midwife or nurse explaining benefits to a new mother
Dairy farmers near the Tunde family's village save colostrum to feed sick calves.
Tunde 一家村莊附近的酪農會留下初乳，用來餵生病的小牛。
domain extension: colostrum used in animal husbandry as well as human nursing
Hospital staff encouraged Élise to nurse within an hour so the baby would get colostrum.
醫院的工作人員鼓勵 Élise 在一小時內哺乳，讓寶寶能喝到初乳。
Colostrum looks thicker and more yellow than the milk that arrives a few days later.
初乳看起來比幾天後才出現的乳汁更濃稠、顏色也更黃。
Researchers at the clinic where Jiwoo works study how colostrum strengthens a baby's immune system.
Jiwoo 工作的診所裡，研究人員在探討初乳如何增強寶寶的免疫系統。
- first milk
everyday equivalent; less technical, often used by parents and midwives
- beestings
informal British / dialect term, mainly for cow colostrum used on farms
- foremilk
loosely related but not the same; foremilk refers to the thinner milk at the start of any feed, not the fluid before mature milk
用法筆記
Uncountable; rarely pluralised. Often paired with verbs of consumption or delivery (produce, receive, feed, give) rather than countable measure phrases.