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单词 suckle
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
suck•le /ˈsʌkəl/USA pronunciation   v., -led, -ling. 
  1. Animal Behaviorto (cause to or provide the means to) nurse at the breast or udder: [no object]The newborn colt suckled at its mother's udder.[~ + object]to suckle a baby.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
suck•le  (suk′əl),USA pronunciation v., -led, -ling. 
v.t. 
  1. Animal Behaviorto nurse at the breast or udder.
  2. to nourish or bring up.
  3. Animal Behaviorto put to suck.

v.i. 
  1. Animal Behaviorto suck at the breast or udder.
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English sucklen; see suck, -le

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
suckle /ˈsʌkəl/ vb
  1. to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or (of a baby, etc) to suck milk from the breast
  2. (transitive) to bring up; nurture
Etymology: 15th Century: probably back formation from suckling

ˈsuckler n
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