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单词 breast milk
释义

breast milkn.

Brit. /ˈbrɛs(t) mɪlk/, U.S. /ˈbrɛs(t) ˌmɪlk/
Forms: see breast n. and milk n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., milk n.1
Etymology: < breast n. + milk n.1
Milk secreted by a woman's breasts after childbirth, esp. as distinct from other kinds of milk fed to babies.
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the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > mother's milk
mother-milka1425
mother's milk?a1513
breast milk1579
suck1584
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xxvi. 50 When it [sc. the infant] waketh of it selfe in the morning, take it vp,..and washe it cleane in lukewarme water afore expressed,..or when it is not foule, with a little of the brest milke, if there be plentie.
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living ii. 151 The King of heaven and earth was fed with a little breast milk.
1781 W. Moss Ess. Managem. & Nursing of Children 85 Goat's milk approaches somewhat nearer to breast milk than the cows' does.
1851 Illustr. London News 11 Jan. 23 Nine children died from want of breast milk.
1936 R. M. Smith & D. A. Thom Health Physical Mental & Emotional v. 44 This pumped milk is perfectly satisfactory to use for babies who require breast milk and are unable to obtain it from their own mothers.
2018 Sc. Express (Nexis) 22 Sept. 11 Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula.

Compounds

breast milk bank n. a store of breast milk donated by nursing mothers and used chiefly to feed premature babies and other infants in hospital who cannot be breastfed directly; = milk bank n. at milk n.1 and adj. Compounds 3a.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > that which is stored or a store > specifically of blood or milk
blood bank1936
breast milk bank1940
bloodstock1942
milk bank1948
1940 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 16 July 11/3 The Dispensary for Mother's Milk—or the breast-milk bank—at the Children's Free Hospital has sent out an S.O.S. calling all mothers who will help replenish the breast-milk supply in the practically bare cupboard at the dispensary.
1954 Times 21 Aug. 2 Times have certainly changed. Nowadays the equivalent of a wet-nurse is probably the breast-milk bank.
2017 Canad. Press (Nexis) 2 Oct. (heading) Ontario breast milk bank calling for donations as supply for preemies [= premature babies] low.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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