| 词汇 | breast-feed |
| 释义 | breast-feed verb[ I/T ] us/ˈbrestˌfid/ (of a mother) to feed a baby with milk from her breasts breast-feedingnoun[ U ] Exclusive breastfeeding for at least six months cuts the baby's chance of developing ear infections in half. Examples of breast-feedbreast-feed Because they breast-feed their children fully under unhygienic conditions, their children tend to enjoy the benefits of full breast-feeding more. The women breast-fed their children for about 2 years, and it was considered very unusual indeed if a woman did not breast-feed at all. The woman whose menses began at 4 months did not breast-feed her child. For example, it might be suggested that women's ability to breast-feed declined with age. Yet one of the main points in the latter part of the discussion is why women lose the ability to breast-feed or experience difficulties with it. I cannot bear or breast-feed a child. As for breast-feeding, women with maternity leave lasting 18 weeks would have sufficient time to breast-feed their children, without having to adjust their working hours. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Is it not strange, therefore, that so few women apparently choose to breast-feed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many women prefer to feed their babies with infant formula rather than breast-feed them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although there is some dispute as to the exact percentage of women who are unable to breast-feed, it is very low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without cooking facilities, she could but breast-feed her baby. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She experienced some initial difficulty and in hospital she was discouraged from continuing to breast-feed after her first attempt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask every woman in the ward whether they propose to continue to breast-feed, and three out of four say that they do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many women will not want to breast-feed in public, because it makes them feel uncomfortable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a number of cases, women who live near incinerators were told not to breast-feed their babies because of the amount of dioxins in their breast milk. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of breast-feed These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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