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。
collocation: get / receive colostrum; common in birth-care advice
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。
descriptive context establishing the substance's appearance
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。
collocation: colostrum + immune system; common in research framing
- produce colostrum
- feed colostrum
- rich in antibodies
- express colostrum
- 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.
常見錯誤
同根字
- colostral形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- antibodies
- newborn
- calf
- immune system
常用片語
- rich in colostrum
- produce colostrum
- feed colostrum to a newborn