lactation
英 [l?k'te??(?)n]
美[l?k'te??n]
- n. 哺乳；哺乳期；授乳（形容詞lactational）；分泌乳汁
英英釋意
- 1. the period following birth during which milk is secreted;
- "lactation normally continues until weaning"
- 2. the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
- 3. feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast