wean
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 使断奶，使丢弃，使断念
- n.
- 小儿
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演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *wenh₁-
词源说明
From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”).
Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
- (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
- (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to