单词 | at the breast |
释义 | > as lemmasat the breast 2. In expressions denoting the act of breastfeeding, or the period of a child's life during which breastfeeding occurs, e.g. at the breast, to give (a baby) the breast, etc. ΚΠ OE Nativity of Virgin (Hatton) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 125 Þa cende Anna hyre dohtor..and heo hi ða fedde þreo winter æt hire breostum. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 617 Whan it was two yeer old, and fro the brest Departed of his Norice. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 130v Two sonnes..were bothe at the brest of the bright norse Noght put fro the pappe to no prise fode. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. iii. 237 When she was past the breast, he chose many young gentlemen of his Court to be of her guard. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2371/4 His Majesty was pleased to order that the Breast should be given him. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 15. ⁋2 One Country Milch-Wench, to whom I was..put to the Breast. 1867 H. N. Guernsey Applic. Princ. & Pract. Homœopathy to Obstetr. xlvi. 733 The child refuses the breast. 1989 J. Hersey Blouse in Fling (1990) 78 She folded back the left side of the blouse and gave her breast to her child. 2012 Times (Nexis) 10 Oct. 21 MPs were brought in to vote on stretchers and wheelchairs, one with a week-old baby at the breast, one too drunk to stand. < as lemmas |
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