单词 | to give suck |
释义 | > as lemmasto give suck a. to give suck (occasionally †to give to suck): to give milk from the breast or udder, to suckle. Const. simple dative or to. Now archaic.Suck, originally an infinitive (cf. German zu saugen geben, Dutch te zuigen geven), is now felt as a noun; cf. suck n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > give suck to give suckc1330 suckle1408 nurse1645 breastfeed1905 c1330 Arth & Merl. 2694 Late..þi wiif it loke Of hir milk & ȝiue it souke. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 60 Þe blonderes byeþ þe dyeules noriches þet his children yeueþ zouke. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xx. 65 Eke the to sowken of my brestes yafe I. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 237 To rokken and to yeue the child to sowke. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 5 v Am y not he that ye bare and gaf me souke of your brestes? 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. sig. *3 Mothers ought to giue their owne Children sucke. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxiv. 257 If a mother hath a child which she cannot give suck unto for some valuable consideration. 1786 J. Hunter Treat. Venereal Dis. vii. i. 388 She gave suck to this second child. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 504 A poor woman, who gave suck to a child about a year old. 1858 F. Churchill Dis. Children (ed. 2) 30 The mother may give the child suck during the night or day only. < as lemmas |
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