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milk

mɪlk noun

1 a white liquid produced by cows or goats that is drunk by people 奶，乳; 牛奶; 羊奶 U

a bottle of milk

一瓶牛奶

Would you like some milk in your tea?

你的茶里要加点牛奶吗？

a pint of semi-skimmed milk

一品脱半脱脂牛奶

2 a white liquid produced by female animals and women for feeding their babies 奶汁，母乳 U

mothers who believe that breast milk is best for their babies

认为母乳对宝宝最好的母亲们

The tiny fox cubs drink nothing but their mother’s milk .

狐狸幼崽只喝母乳。

3 a liquid or juice produced by particular plants, especially the COCONUT 〔植物产出的〕汁液;〔尤指〕椰（子）汁 U

4 a thin white liquid used to clean or protect skin 乳液〔用于清洁或保护皮肤〕; C,U

a mild facial cleansing milk

温和的洗面奶

5

the milk of human kindness

the kind and sympathetic behaviour of most ordinary people [文] 善良的人性; 恻隐之心 literary

verb

6 to get as much money or as many advantages as you can from a situation, in a very determined and sometimes dishonest way [非正式] 榨取，勒索 informal

milk sb/sth for sth

Their landlord regularly milks them for extra money by claiming for damage to his property.

他们的房东经常声称房产被损坏向他们榨取额外的钱财。

He seems to be milking the incident for all it’s worth (=getting as much from it as possible) .

他似乎正竭力从这件事中捞取好处。

7 to take milk from a cow or goat 挤〔奶牛或山羊〕的奶

I helped to milk the cows.

我帮忙挤牛奶。

They had risen at 5.30 to do the milking.

他们五点半就起来挤奶。