英语词汇“wean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To wean yourself from something is to gradually eliminate that thing from your life. You may want to wean yourself from watching too much TV, drinking two pots of coffee every morning, or obsessively reading the celebrity columns.

To wean an infant — human or animal — you gradually reduce consumption of mother’s milk or bottled milk until the little one is no longer nursing or bottle-feeding. If you want to wean yourself from eating chocolate chip cookies, go from eating eight a day to only seven for the next few days, then to six for a few days and so on until you're no longer eating any chocolate chip cookies.

WORD FAMILY

wean: weaned, weaning, weans+/weaned: unweaned/weaning: weanings

USAGE EXAMPLES

China’s array of challenges includes weaning the economy off debt-fueled stimulus spending, breaking up state monopolies and cleaning up the environment.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016)

There are signs that we are slowly weaning ourselves off fossil fuels.

The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016)

Some say the devices help people wean themselves off the habit without the harmful, carcinogenic byproducts of regular cigarettes.

Washington Times(Dec 08, 2016)

1v gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk

she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk
The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle

Syn|Hyper

ablactate

deprive

keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

2v detach the affections of

Hyper

alien, alienate, disaffect, estrange

arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

单词	wean
释义	wean (once / 2306 pages) v To wean yourself from something is to gradually eliminate that thing from your life. You may want to wean yourself from watching too much TV, drinking two pots of coffee every morning, or obsessively reading the celebrity columns. To wean an infant — human or animal — you gradually reduce consumption of mother’s milk or bottled milk until the little one is no longer nursing or bottle-feeding. If you want to wean yourself from eating chocolate chip cookies, go from eating eight a day to only seven for the next few days, then to six for a few days and so on until you're no longer eating any chocolate chip cookies. WORD FAMILY wean: weaned, weaning, weans+/weaned: unweaned/weaning: weanings USAGE EXAMPLES China’s array of challenges includes weaning the economy off debt-fueled stimulus spending, breaking up state monopolies and cleaning up the environment. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) There are signs that we are slowly weaning ourselves off fossil fuels. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) Some say the devices help people wean themselves off the habit without the harmful, carcinogenic byproducts of regular cigarettes. Washington Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1v gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle Syn\|Hyper ablactate deprive keep from having, keeping, or obtaining 2v detach the affections of Hyper alien, alienate, disaffect, estrange arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
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