wean
wean 英 [wi:n] 美 [win]
vt. 使断奶；使断念
进行时:weaning 过去式:weaned 过去分词:weaned 第三人称单数:weans
- 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.
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- vt. 使断奶；使断念
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1. The doctor tried to wean her off sleeping pills.
医生设法使她逐渐停止服用安眠药片。
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2. Traditionally piglets were weaned at eight weeks.
小猪通常在八周时断奶。
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3. She tried to wean him away from football.
她要他以后不要再踢足球了。
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4. The hospital managed to wean her off the drug.
医院已让她逐步减少依赖这种药。
- wean (v.) "train (an infant or animal) to forego suckling," c. 1200, from Old English wenian "to accustom, habituate," from Proto-Germanic *wanjan (source also of Old Norse venja, Dutch wennen, Old High German giwennan, German gewöhnen "to accustom"), from PIE *won-eyo-, causative form of root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for."
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