milk 英 [mɪlk]   美 [mɪlk]

milk

milk  英 [mɪlk] 美 [mɪlk]

n. 牛奶  v. 挤奶 

进行时:milking  过去式:milked  过去分词:milked  第三人称单数:milks  名词复数:milks 

fresh/dried/powdered milk 鲜奶;奶粉
breast milk 母乳

  • Milk is the white liquid that female mammals produce for feeding their babies. Nursing human mothers feed their infants milk, and so do mother goats, cows, dogs, and cats.
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  • n. 牛奶
  • v. 挤奶
  • 1. fresh/dried/powdered milk

    鲜奶;奶粉

  • 2. breast milk

    母乳

  • 3. Finish up your milk.

    把你的牛奶喝完。

  • 4. a pint/litre of milk

    一品脱╱一升奶

  • 5. a bottle/carton of milk

    一瓶╱一纸盒奶

  • 6. milk products (= butter, cheese, etc.)

    乳制品

  • 7. She's milked a small fortune from the company over the years.

    许多年来她揩公司的油,积攒了一笔小财。

  • milk (n.) Old English meoluc (West Saxon), milc (Anglian), from Proto-Germanic *meluks "milk" (source also of Old Norse mjolk, Old Frisian melok, Old Saxon miluk, Dutch melk, Old High German miluh, German Milch, Gothic miluks), from *melk- "to milk," from PIE root *melg- "to wipe, to rub off," also "to stroke; to milk," in reference to the hand motion involved in milking an animal. Old Church Slavonic noun meleko (Russian moloko, Czech mleko) is considered to be adopted from Germanic.
  • milk (v.) Old English melcan, milcian, meolcian "to milk, give milk, suckle," from Proto-Germanic *melk- "to milk" (source also of Dutch melken, Old High German melchan, German melken), from PIE root *melg- "to rub off; to milk." Figurative sense of "exploit for profit" is first found 1520s. Related: Milked; milking.
milk / mɪlk ; NAmE mɪlk / noun , verb milk milks milked milking noun [uncountable ] 1 the white liquid produced by cows, goatsand some other animals as food for their young and used as a drink by humans (牛或羊等的)奶 a pint/litre of milk 一品脱╱一升奶 a bottle/carton of milk 一瓶╱一纸盒奶 fresh/dried/powdered milk 鲜奶;奶粉 Do you take milk in your tea? 你茶里加奶吗? milk products (= butter, cheese, etc.) 乳制品 see also buttermilk , condensed milk , evaporated milk , malted milk , skimmed milk 2 the white liquid that is produced by women and female mammalsfor feeding their babies (人或哺乳动物的)奶,乳汁 breast milk 母乳 3 the white juice of some plants and trees, especially the coconut (椰子等植物的)白色汁液,乳液 see also soya milk IDIOM the milk of human ˈkindness ( literary) kind behaviour, considered to be natural to humans 人的善良天性;恻隐之心 more at cry v. , land n. verb 1 milksth to take milk from a cow, goat,etc. 挤奶 2 ( disapproving) to obtain as much money, advantage, etc. for yourself as you can from a particular situation, especially in a dishonest way 趁机牟利;捞一把;捞好处 milkA (from B) She's milked a small fortune from the company over the years. 许多年来她揩公司的油,积攒了一笔小财。 milkB (of A) She's milked the company of a small fortune. 她揩公司的油,发了一笔小财。 I know he's had a hard time lately, but he's certainly milking it for all it's worth (= using it as an excuse to do things that people would normally object to). 我知道他最近的日子不好过,但他却以此为借口为所欲为。 IDIOMsee dry adj. milk / mɪlk ; NAmE mɪlk /
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