单词 | off milk |
释义 | > as lemmasoff (her) milk f. off (her) milk: (of a cow) in a state of not yielding milk. ΚΠ 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Apr. vii. 78 Such a Cow falls off her Milk. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 23 When any Cow went off her Milk either by any accident, or otherwise; then he always replaced her with a new Milcht one. 1854 20th Rep. Commissioners National Educ. Ireland II. 587 in Parl. Papers XXX. ii. 1 Ten cows, three of which are off milk. 1884 Times 1 Sept. 2/2 Or the cows go off milk for a time, and then they [sc. the owners of the cows] must be content to drink water. 1980 F. Weldon Puffball 163 The cows went off milk, the hens stopped laying again. 2000 Daily News (New Plymouth, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 Sept. 17 Anything which upsets cows is going to cause them to go off their milk. < as lemmas |
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