To wean a baby or a young animal is to move it, slowly, off its mother's milk and onto ordinary food. It is a process, not a moment — a few weeks or months of adding rice, soft fruit, mashed vegetables while the milk feeds get fewer.

To wean a baby or a young animal把一個嬰兒或小動物 wean is to move it, slowly就是慢慢把牠 off its mother's milk從喝媽媽的奶 and onto ordinary food轉換到吃一般食物。It is a process, not a moment這是一個過程，不是一瞬間的事 — a few weeks or months of adding rice, soft fruit, mashed vegetables花幾個星期或幾個月慢慢加入米食、軟水果、蔬菜泥 while the milk feeds get fewer同時餵奶的次數逐漸減少。

You wean a baby, and the baby is weaned; in British English people also say a baby is weaned onto solid food, and in American English 'weaned off' is more common.

You wean a baby你 wean 一個寶寶, and the baby is weaned寶寶就是 weaned 了; in British English在英式英語裡, people also say人也會說 a baby is weaned onto solid food寶寶 weaned onto solid food（斷奶轉吃固體食物）, and in American English而在美式英語裡, 'weaned off''weaned off' is more common比較常用。

From there English does something useful with it: you can wean a person off anything they depend on. Wean someone off cigarettes, off sleeping pills, off their phone, off government money. The idea carried across is the gentle, gradual part — you do not stop suddenly, you reduce.

From there由此, English does something useful with it英文把這個字延伸得很有用: you can wean a person off anything they depend on你可以說讓一個人 wean off 他所依賴的任何東西。Wean someone off cigarettes讓人戒掉香菸, off sleeping pills戒掉安眠藥, off their phone戒掉手機, off government money戒掉對政府補助的依賴。The idea carried across延伸過來的概念 is the gentle, gradual part是那種溫和、漸進的部分 — you do not stop suddenly你不是突然停止, you reduce而是慢慢減少。

So the pattern to learn is wean somebody off something, and sometimes wean somebody onto something better. There is also a set phrase, 'weaned on', meaning brought up with something from the very beginning: 'she was weaned on old Hong Kong films'.

So因此, the pattern to learn要學的句型 is wean somebody off something是 wean somebody off something, and sometimes有時候 wean somebody onto something better也會是 wean somebody onto something better（讓人轉向更好的東西）。There is also還有 a set phrase一個固定用法, 'weaned on''weaned on', meaning brought up with something from the very beginning意思是從一開始就是在某個東西的薰陶下長大: 'she was weaned on old Hong Kong films'像「she was weaned on old Hong Kong films」（她是看老香港電影長大的）。

Note that a completely different word 'wean' exists in Scotland, meaning a small child (from 'wee one') — you would only meet it in Scottish writing.

Note that請注意, a completely different word 'wean'另一個完全不同的字 'wean' exists in Scotland存在於蘇格蘭方言裡, meaning a small child意思是小孩子 (from 'wee one')（來自 'wee one'） — you would only meet it你只會 in Scottish writing在蘇格蘭的文字裡遇到它。