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

sucklesuckle /ˈsʌkəl/ verb science, biology formal

ETYMOLOGYsuckle

Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from suckling

VERB TABLE

suckle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	suckle
	he, she, it	suckles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	suckled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have suckled
	he, she, it	has suckled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had suckled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will suckle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have suckled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am suckling
	he, she, it	is suckling
	you, we, they	are suckling
Past	I, he, she, it	was suckling
	you, we, they	were suckling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been suckling
	he, she, it	has been suckling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been suckling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be suckling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been suckling

1[transitive] to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast2[intransitive] if a baby or young animal suckles, it sucks milk from a breast → see also breast-feed, nurse2 (3)