weanとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: wēn, IPA^(key): /wiːn/
• 韻: -iːn

動詞

wean (三人称単数 現在形 weans, 現在分詞 weaning, 過去形および過去分詞形 weaned)

1. (transitive) To cease giving milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child または young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

   The cow has weaned her calf.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 21:8:

     Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

2. (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother for nourishment.

   The kittens are finally weaning.

3. (transitive, by extension) To cause to quit something to which one is addicted or habituated.

   He managed to wean himself off heroin.

   • 1727, Jonathan Swift, (Please provide the book title または journal name)‎^[1]:

     The troubles of age were intended […] to wean us gradually from our fondness of life.

   • (Can we date this quote by John Oliver かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Dalai Lama: "Then, I suggested, “Drink much less vodka.” Instead of that, they traditionally also drink horse milk—"

     Oliver: "Wait, hold on, you tried to wean them off vodka by giving them horse milk?"

     Dalai Lama: "Oh yes, and they follow."

4. (intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.

   She is weaning from her addiction to tobacco.

関連する語

語源 2

Blend of wee +‎ ane.

発音

• IPA^(key): /wiːn/, /weɪn/, [weːn]

名詞

wean (複数形 weans)

1. (Scotland, Ulster) A small child.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 92:

     Pigs, cows and sheep and wee ducks, that was what he bought and it was just for weans and wee lasses. I said it to my maw.

     Oh it is not weans it is children. Oh Kieron, it is children and girls, do not say weans and lasses.

   • (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Browning かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     I, being but a yearling wean.

アナグラム

• Ewan, Newa, anew, wane

別の表記

• ƿēan

発音

• IPA^(key): /wæːɑn/

名詞

wēan m

1. inflection of wēa:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural