suckle

/ˈsʌkl/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈʌkəl] /ˈsʌkl/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈʌkəl] /ˈsə-kəl How to pronounce suckle (audio)/ (ame, mw)

suckle — 動詞

  • sucklepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • suckleshe / she / it
  • suckledpast simple
  • suckling-ing form

1. When a female mammal feeds her young with milk from her body, she suckles them.

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

哺乳

母親用乳汁餵養嬰兒或幼崽

When a female mammal feeds her young with milk from her body, she suckles them. When a young animal draws milk by holding its mother's teat in its mouth, it suckles.

例句

The mother cat suckled her three kittens in a quiet corner of the barn.

貓媽媽在穀倉安靜的角落裡給三隻小貓哺乳。

transitive: mother + suckle + offspring

The lamb wobbled over to the ewe and began to suckle hungrily.

小羊搖搖晃晃地走向母羊，開始大口吸奶。

intransitive: young animal + begin to suckle

同義詞
  • breastfeed

    the usual term for humans; more common in everyday conversation

  • nurse

    used for humans; slightly more old-fashioned or clinical

  • feed

    general word; needs context to show it means breastfeeding

反義詞
  • wean

    to gradually stop a baby or young animal from suckling

文法句型

mother/animal + suckle + baby/offspring

baby/young animal + suckle

用法筆記

Used for both humans and animals, though more common in animal contexts in modern English. For human babies, 'breastfeed' or 'nurse' is more frequent in everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

❌She was suckling the baby cow with a bottle.
✅She was feeding the baby cow with a bottle.
💡'suckle' means feeding directly from the mother's body, not from a bottle.