1MBHBto gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal on its mother’s milk and start giving it ordinary food 使〔婴儿或幼畜〕断奶
wean somebody onto something
It’s time to start weaning her onto solid foods.
该让她断奶吃固体食物了。
2wean somebody off/from somethingphrasal verbphr vSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto make someone gradually stop doing something you disapprove of 使〔某人〕逐渐戒除
advice on how to wean yourself off nicotine
关于如何戒除尼古丁的建议
Examples from the Corpus
wean off/from • Amanda, of Stevenage, Herts, is now desperately trying to wean Cherie off.• I remember thinking that, and may have made a significantadvance toward weaning myself away fromchildish ways and thoughts.• Cigarettefilters are designed to trap some of the tar and nicotineenablingsmokers to wean themselves off cigarettes gradually.• He tried hard to wean them away fromcrime by persuading them to learn a trade instead.• The truth is, I needed to wean myself off of boy blood.• Comforts and consolations may appear to wean us from the gifts to the Giver.• Kirk Fordice, it is a divinely inspired idea to wean families offwelfare.• However, he may gradually wean himself off without any pushing from you.
3be weaned on somethingphrasal verbphr vEFFECT/INFLUENCEto be influenced by something from a very early age 自幼受…的影响
ADVERB | VERB + WEAN | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤gradually逐漸斷奶;逐漸戒掉VERB + WEAN➤attempt to, try to試圖戒掉;努力戒除PREPOSITION➤(away) from使戒除◇Her parents are trying to wean her away from gambling.她父母試圖讓她戒賭。➤off戒除◇They have gradually weaned him off the drugs.他們慢慢幫他戒了毒。➤on深受⋯影響◇younger men and women, weaned on the Internet and email深受因特網和電子郵件影響的青年男女➤onto使斷奶後轉向⋯◇to wean a baby onto solid food讓孩子斷奶轉而吃固體食物