milk
n[U]
1 white liquid produced by female mammals as food for their young, esp that of cows, goats, etc drunk by human beings and made into butter and cheese 奶; 乳; (尤指)牛奶, 羊奶
milk fresh from the cow 鮮牛奶
skimmed milk 脫脂牛乳
dried/powdered milk 奶粉
[attrib 作定語]
milk products, eg butter, cheese, yoghurt 乳制品 * a milk bottle 牛奶瓶.
2 milk-like juice of some plants and trees, eg that found inside a coconut (某些植物的乳狀)汁液(如椰子汁).
3 milk-like preparation made from herbs, drugs, etc 乳狀制劑.
4 (idm 習語) cry over spilt milk => cry1. ,milk and `water (derog 貶) feeble or sentimental talk, ideas, etc 無益的或傷感的話、 想法等
His speech was nothing but milk and water. 他的講話平淡無奇毫無意義.
[attrib 作定語]
I found it a disappointing thriller very milk-and-water stuff. 我認為這部驚險小說令人失望--簡直味同嚼蠟. the milk of human `kindness the kindness that should be natural to human beings 人類的善良天性.
milk v
1 [I, Tn] draw milk from (a cow, goat, etc) 擠(牛、 羊等的)奶
The farmer hasn't finished milking. 那農夫還未擠完奶.
2 [I] yield milk 產奶: The cows are milking well, ie giving large quantities of milk. 那些牛產奶很多.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ A (of B)/~ B (from A)
(a) draw (juice) from (a plant or tree) 抽取(植物)的汁液
milk a tree of its sap 取樹的汁液
milk the sap from a tree 從樹中取汁液.
(b) draw (venom) from (a snake) 取(蛇)的毒液.
4 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (of sth); ~ sth (out of/from sb/sth) (fig 比喻) extract (money, information, etc) dishonestly from (a person or an institution) 從(某人或某機構處)騙取(錢財、 情報等)
milking the Welfare State (of money, resources, etc) 騙取福利國家(的錢、 資源等)
His illegal deals were steadily milking the profits from the business. 他在搞非法交易不斷榨取公司的利潤.
5 (idm 習語) milk/suck sb/sth dry => dry1.
?? 考研助記
milk 奶,擠奶,引申為榨取
?? 擴展釋義
*[milk]n. 奶, 乳狀物vt. 擠乳, 榨取vi. 產乳【化】 乳【醫】 乳, 奶相關詞組: milk sb dry cry over spilt milk