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单词 milk
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milk
(mɪlk )
Word forms: milks , milking , milked
1. uncountable noun A1
Milk is the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and some other animals, which people drink and use to make butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
He popped out to buy a pint of milk.
...basic foods such as meat, bread and milk.
...empty milk bottles.
2. verb
If someone milks a cow or goat, they get milk from it, using either their hands or a machine.
Farm-workers milked cows by hand. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: draw milk from, express milk from  
milking uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
...an automatic milking machine.
The evening milking is usually done at about 7.30pm.
3. uncountable noun A1
Milk is the white liquid produced by women to feed their babies.
Milk from the mother's breast is a perfect food for the human baby.
4. variable noun
Liquid products for cleaning your skin or making it softer are sometimes referred to as milks.
...sales of cleansing milks, creams and gels.
5. verb
If you say that someone milks something, you mean that they get as much benefit or profit as they can from it, without caring about the effects this has on other people. [disapproval]
A few people tried to milk the insurance companies. [VERB noun]
The callous couple milked money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle. [VERB noun + from]
Synonyms: exploit, use, pump, squeeze  
6.  See also coconut milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, skimmed milk
7. milk and water phrase
If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water. [mainly British, disapproval]
Fryer dismisses the report as 'milk and water'.
Image of milk
Idioms:
it's no use crying over spilled milk
said to mean that it is pointless to worry or be upset about something that has happened and cannot be changed
But a rueful Mr Phelps reflected that, for him, `it didn't work, did it? But it's no use crying over spilt milk.'
milk and honey [literary]
a situation in which you are very contented and have plenty of money
The days of milk and honey are back – at least for US equity salesmen in the City.
milk and water [mainly British]
weak and ineffectual
Fryer dismissed the report as milk and water.
Collocations:
drop of milk
The built-in tilt of the inner tank ensures that even the last drop of milk will eventually flow to the outlet.
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A drop of milk fell on a stone of the cave, and the stone turned white.
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A widow who raised goats found that her best nanny-goat returned without a drop of milk.
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Add the melted chocolate and whisk well, add the drops of milk so you have a smooth but not lumpy velvety chocolate icing.
The Sun
milk pail
The two attacked each other with a milk pail and crutches and traded punches and kicks.
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One day he noticed a bee tree and returned from hunting early to get the wash tub and milk pail to collect the honey.
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I recently spotted an old milking pail planted with nemesia and pelargoniums that looked simply stunning.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead of magic, the silver rose chord sequence, garnished with six harps and a particularly full-tilt celesta, offered something akin to the bright clatter of milk pails overturned.
Times, Sunday Times
Next, he formed objects such as milk pails, basins, cake and pie pans.
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milk producer
Analysts suggested bosses seek a deal after the cheese and milk producer warned its dairies business was being squeezed.
The Sun
By the late 1970s milk producers' incomes had risen by 62 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
Rarely has a set of regulations put so many companies out of business with such efficiency: the clearout will eliminate 45 per cent of the country's milk producers.
Times, Sunday Times
We all want cheap food, but if this carries on, we will have no quality milk producers left.
The Sun
Not only milk producers are finding life tough down on the farm.
Times, Sunday Times
milk production
Milk production was high and realisations remained very low.
Times, Sunday Times
Our organic milk production has exceeded all expectations, and we now employ 1,400 people across four manufacturing sites.
Times, Sunday Times
Farmers were limiting milk production and ensuring more pastureland per head, they said.
Times,Sunday Times
Milk production has increased since the cattle were introduced to the duo's music.
Times, Sunday Times
Wheat stocks fell first and eggs became scarce as the government prioritized milk production.
The Times Literary Supplement
milk protein
Milk protein provides the essential amino acid tryptophan and the brain converts this into serotonin, the soothing, sleep-inducing brain chemical.
Times, Sunday Times
It even produces superlight, supersoft clothes from surplus milk protein.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet, what do you know, most are produced using casein, a milk protein.
Times, Sunday Times
The milk protein continues to undergo further deterioration during processing and storage.
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Heat exchanger surfaces can become fouled by adsorbed milk protein deposits.
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milk substitute
The lorries have nozzles that supply water and possibly milk substitute but vets say young calves cannot feed properly from such systems.
Times,Sunday Times
You could have soya milk or something called 'oatly', an oatbased milk substitute.
Times, Sunday Times
Problems can be minimized by adding more enzymes to the crop milk substitute to aid proper digestion.
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Overfilling the crop may lead to fermentation and souring of the crop milk substitute.
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For formula-fed infants, milk substitute formulas are used to provide a complete source of nutrition.
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milk supply
I can't let my milk supply drop off.
Times, Sunday Times
The campaign for a safe milk supply has come full circle with the movement for raw milk.
The Times Literary Supplement
In fact 98 per cent of our milk supply came from outside the affected areas.
Times, Sunday Times
So who are the beneficiaries of this milk supply squeeze?
Times, Sunday Times
When the swelling in the connective tissue occurs after birth, it can negatively impact long term milk supply.
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organic milk
Made with organic milk, strawberries, sugar and tapioca starch, with natural flavourings and lemon juice.
Times, Sunday Times
Our organic milk production has exceeded all expectations, and we now employ 1,400 people across four manufacturing sites.
Times, Sunday Times
It has, over the past four years, transformed its menus, reducing salt content and introducing free-range eggs and organic milk.
Times, Sunday Times
We have seen customers buy less organic fruit and veg at the same time as sales of organic milk, eggs, steak and salmon increased.
Times, Sunday Times
Sales of organic milk continue to account for the highest value of any organic foodstuff.
Times, Sunday Times
soy milk
What a choice of headlines to read as he dips fried dough sticks in his soy milk.
Times, Sunday Times
Whisk in enough soy milk to make a pancake-batter consistency.
The Sun
Now, it seems, we're all stocking up on puy lentils and quinoa, and ordering our lattes with soy milk.
Times, Sunday Times
Make a well in the centre of the bowl and add the oil, soy milk, yogurt, and vanilla and almond extracts.
The Sun
Soy milk will last up to five days in a sealed container in the fridge.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 牛奶, 挤奶
Japanese: 牛乳, 乳を搾る
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