A suckling is a very young baby or young animal that is still drinking its mother's milk — it has not started eating solid food yet. As a noun on its own, this is old and you will mostly meet it in the Bible or old writing ('babes and sucklings').

A suckling issuckling指的是 still drinking its mother's milk還在喝母乳、 has not started eating solid food yet也還沒開始吃固體食物 a very young baby or young animal的很小嬰兒或幼獸。 As a noun on its own當作名詞單獨使用時, this is old這個用法很老式, you will mostly meet it大多只會 in the Bible or old writing在聖經或古老文獻裡看到 ('babes and sucklings')（像「babes and sucklings」這樣的說法）。

What you really need is its use before another noun, meaning 'still drinking milk': a suckling pig, a suckling lamb, a suckling calf. Suckling pig is by far the most common — a whole young pig, roasted, which is a special dish in Spain, the Philippines, southern China and many other places.

What you really need is你真正需要知道的是 its use before another noun放在另一個名詞前面的用法 meaning 'still drinking milk'意思是「還在喝奶」: a suckling pig像乳豬、 a suckling lamb乳羔羊、 a suckling calf乳牛犢這樣的說法。 Suckling pig乳豬 is by far the most common是目前最常見的說法： a whole young pig, roasted整隻烤乳豬， in Spain, the Philippines, southern China and many other places在西班牙、菲律賓、中國南方等許多地方 which is a special dish是一道特色料理。

The word also exists as a verb form of suckle. Suckle means to feed a baby with milk from the breast, and it works both ways round: the mother suckles the baby, and the baby suckles at the mother. So 'the piglets were suckling' means they were drinking.

The word also exists as這個字也是 a verb form of sucklesuckle這個動詞的一種形式。 Suckle meanssuckle的意思是 to feed a baby with milk from the breast用母乳餵寶寶, and it works both ways round而且兩個方向都可以講: the mother suckles the baby媽媽suckle寶寶, and the baby suckles at the mother寶寶也可以suckle媽媽。 So所以 'the piglets were suckling'「the piglets were suckling」這句話 means意思是 they were drinking牠們在喝奶。

Note the spelling and sound: suckle and suckling have no 'r'. This is a slightly formal, biological or literary word — for humans, ordinary people say 'breastfeeding' or 'nursing', not suckling.

Note the spelling and sound要注意拼字和發音: suckle and sucklingsuckle 和 suckling have no 'r'裡面沒有 r 這個字母。 This is a slightly formal, biological or literary word這是一個稍微正式、偏生物學或文學性的字 for humans用在人身上時, ordinary people say 'breastfeeding' or 'nursing'一般人會說 breastfeeding 或 nursing, not suckling而不是說 suckling。