milk
milk — 名詞
1. a white liquid from cows and similar animals that people drink and use to make f
牛奶
供人飲用或製作乳製品的動物奶
a white liquid from cows and similar animals that people drink and use to make foods such as butter or cheese
Emma poured cold milk over the cornflakes before catching the school bus.
Emma 趕校車前，把冰牛奶倒在玉米片上。
pour milk over cereal
The cafe steams fresh milk for each cappuccino during the morning rush.
那家咖啡館在早晨尖峰時段都會為每杯卡布奇諾蒸熱牛奶。
steamed milk for coffee
Ari bought two bottles of milk after work for tomorrow's pancakes.
Ari 下班後買了兩瓶牛奶，準備明天做鬆餅。
Warm milk helped Caleb settle down after the long flight home.
溫牛奶讓 Caleb 在漫長飛行回家後比較放鬆。
文法句型
drink milk
a bottle of milk
milk for + food or drink
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when you mean the drink in general. Use a container word such as glass, bottle, or carton when you want to count it.
常見錯誤
2. the liquid made in a woman's or female animal's body for feeding a baby or young
母乳
女性或雌性動物餵幼兒的奶
the liquid made in a woman's or female animal's body for feeding a baby or young animal
The nurse checked whether the newborn was drinking enough milk.
護理師確認那名新生兒喝到的母乳是否足夠。
milk for feeding a newborn
Amira stored extra milk in the fridge after feeding her twins.
Amira 餵完雙胞胎後，把多的母乳放進冰箱。
store milk after feeding
The doctor said the sick kitten still needed its mother's milk.
醫師說那隻生病的小貓仍然需要喝牠媽媽的母乳。
Inês froze milk in small bags for the next hospital visit.
Inês 把母乳分裝進小袋裡冷凍，好帶去下次醫院探視。
文法句型
breast milk
mother's milk
store milk
用法筆記
Often appears with breast or mother's before milk. Distinguish it from sense 1, which refers to the milk people buy as food or drink.
3. a pale drink made from plants, beans, or nuts and used in the same way as cow's
植物奶
由植物、豆類或堅果做成的奶飲
a pale drink made from plants, beans, or nuts and used in the same way as cow's milk
Tomás orders soy milk because ordinary milk upsets his stomach.
Tomás 因為喝一般牛奶會胃不舒服，所以都點豆奶。
soy milk as a dairy substitute
The recipe tastes best when oat milk replaces cream in the soup.
這道食譜用燕麥奶代替鮮奶油時味道最好。
oat milk in cooking
Mizuki keeps almond milk in the office fridge for her tea.
Mizuki 會在辦公室冰箱放杏仁奶，泡茶時用。
The supermarket moved the coconut milk beside the cereal drinks.
超市把椰奶等植物奶移到穀片飲品旁邊。
文法句型
soy milk
oat milk
almond milk
用法筆記
This sense is usually named by the ingredient, such as soy milk or oat milk. Distinguish it from sense 4, which is liquid inside a plant rather than a prepared drink.
4. a thick white juice that comes out of some plants or trees when they are cut
乳白汁
植物切開後流出的白色汁液
a thick white juice that comes out of some plants or trees when they are cut
White milk dripped from the fig branch after Sahil cut it.
Sahil 把無花果樹枝剪開後，乳白汁就滴了下來。
milk from a cut branch
The gardener warned that the plant's milk could irritate bare skin.
園丁提醒說，那株植物的乳白汁可能會刺激裸露的皮膚。
plant's milk can irritate skin
The cut stem released milk onto Tariq's gloves.
那根被切開的莖把乳白汁滴到 Tariq 的手套上。
Farm workers avoided the vine's milk while clearing the fence line.
工人清理圍籬時，會避開那條藤蔓流出的乳白汁。
文法句型
plant's milk
milk from the stem
white milk from a branch
用法筆記
Used mainly when describing plants and gardening. Unlike sense 3, this liquid comes directly from the plant and is not something people drink.
milk — 動詞
- milkpresent simple I / you / we / they
- milks3rd person singular
- milking-ing form
- milkedpast simple
1. to take milk from a cow, goat, or similar animal, usually by hand or machine
擠奶
從動物身上取出奶
to take milk from a cow, goat, or similar animal, usually by hand or machine
Christopher milks the goats before sunrise every winter morning.
Christopher 每個冬天的早晨都在日出前替那些山羊擠奶。
milk + animal
The farmer taught Ari to milk the cow with steady hands.
那位農夫教 Ari 用穩定的手法替母牛擠奶。
milk the cow
Machines milk the herd twice a day in the new barn.
新牛舍裡的機器一天會替整群牛擠奶兩次。
After the storm, Emma milked the nervous sheep by hand.
暴風雨過後，Emma 用手替那隻緊張的綿羊擠奶。
文法句型
milk + animal
milk by hand
milk before dawn
用法筆記
Usually takes the animal as its object. In farm talk, speakers can also use it for the daily task itself, as in We milk before dawn.
常見錯誤
2. to keep getting money, help, or information from someone or something for as lon
榨取；套取
不公平地盡量取得利益或消息
to keep getting money, help, or information from someone or something for as long as possible, often unfairly
The tabloid milked the actor's breakup for another week of headlines.
那家小報又拿那位演員的分手消息榨取了一整週的版面。
milk something for attention or profit
Some callers tried to milk Inês for private details about the case.
有些來電者想從 Inês 那裡套取案件的私下細節。
milk someone for information
The company keeps milking the old brand instead of building something new.
那家公司一直榨取那個老品牌，卻不願打造新東西。
Caleb milked every delay for extra overtime pay on the trip.
Caleb 把每一次延誤都拿來榨取更多加班費。
文法句型
milk someone for information
milk something for profit
keep milking + noun
用法筆記
Often followed by for plus money, information, or advantage. This sense usually sounds critical because it suggests taking too much from a person or situation.