milch cow
milch cow — 名詞
1. a person, company, or product that people keep making easy money from, treating
搖錢樹
能輕鬆且持續榨取金錢的人事物
a person, company, or product that people keep making easy money from, treating it as a reliable source of cash.
Many drivers feel the city uses speeding tickets as a milch cow.
許多駕駛覺得市政府把超速罰單當成搖錢樹。
use [X] as a milch cow — an exploited revenue source
Pedro slowly turned the little corner bakery into the family's milch cow.
Pedro 慢慢把街角那家小麵包店變成家裡的金雞母。
turn [X] into a milch cow
For decades, the harbor town was a milch cow for foreign traders.
幾十年來，這座港口小鎮一直是外國商人的搖錢樹。
Mira refused to let her loyal readers become a milch cow for advertisers.
Mira 不願讓她忠實的讀者變成廣告商的金雞母。
become a milch cow for [someone who profits]
The old railway line is now just a milch cow for property developers.
那條舊鐵路如今只是房地產開發商的搖錢樹罷了。
- treat as a milch cow
- use as a milch cow
- a milch cow for
- cash cow
more common, especially in American English; usually neutral about a steadily profitable product
- gold mine
stresses a rich, plentiful source rather than something repeatedly milked
- money-spinner
British informal; a thing that earns a lot, without the exploited nuance
- money pit
something that keeps draining money instead of earning it
文法句型
a milch cow for someone
treat/use something as a milch cow
用法筆記
Usually disapproving: the speaker implies the money source is being squeezed unfairly, most often in 'treat/use X as a milch cow'.
常見錯誤
2. a cow that a farmer keeps in order to produce milk rather than meat.
乳牛
為了取奶而飼養的母牛
a cow that a farmer keeps in order to produce milk rather than meat.
Each morning, Christopher led three milch cows from the barn to pasture.
每天早上，Christopher 把三頭乳牛從牛舍趕到牧場。
literal sense: a cow kept for its milk
The old farmer sold his last milch cow when the dairy closed.
那位老農在乳品場關閉時，賣掉了他最後一頭乳牛。
Diya milked the family's gentle milch cow before walking to school.
Diya 在走路上學前，先擠了家裡那頭溫馴乳牛的奶。
On the hillside, a single milch cow grazed beside a stone wall.
山坡上，一頭乳牛在石牆旁吃草。
Kofi's grandmother kept two milch cows for fresh milk and butter.
Kofi 的奶奶養了兩頭乳牛，用來取得新鮮牛奶和奶油。
用法筆記
Now dated: modern English usually says 'dairy cow'; here 'milch' is an old word meaning 'giving milk'.