milking
milking — 動詞
- milkingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- milkings3rd person singular
- milkinging-ing form
- milkingedpast simple
1. the action of squeezing or pulling milk out of a cow, goat, sheep, or other fema
擠奶
從乳牛、山羊等動物身上取得乳汁
the action of squeezing or pulling milk out of a cow, goat, sheep, or other female farm animal, either by hand or with a machine.
Liam learned how to do the milking on his uncle's dairy farm in Vermont.
Liam 在他叔叔位於 Vermont 的酪農場學會了怎麼擠奶。
noun-style use: 'do the milking' for the daily farm task
Apinya was milking the goats by hand when the power went out in the barn.
Apinya 正在徒手擠羊奶時，牛舍裡突然停電了。
progressive: milking + [animal]
The dairy uses a modern machine for milking two hundred cows every morning.
這家酪農場每天早上用一台新式機器替兩百頭乳牛擠奶。
Obi gets up at four o'clock every day to start milking the herd before sunrise.
Obi 每天清晨四點起床，趁日出前開始為整群牛擠奶。
- dairying
broader — refers to the whole business of producing milk and milk products, not just the act of extraction
文法句型
milking + [animal]
用法筆記
Often used as a gerund describing the farm task itself, as in 'do the milking' or 'finish the milking'. The cow, goat, sheep, or person doing the work is normally named.
常見錯誤
2. the act of squeezing every possible benefit — money, sympathy, attention, or fac
榨取；撈油水
用不正當方式從人或情境中盡量壓榨好處
the act of squeezing every possible benefit — money, sympathy, attention, or facts — out of a person, organisation, or situation, usually in a greedy or sneaky way that other people would not approve of.
Nila accused her ex-business partner of milking the company for personal expenses.
Nila 指控她的前事業夥伴拿公司的錢報自己的私人開銷，從公司榨取好處。
milking + [organisation] + for + [money]
Reporters spent weeks milking the witness for fresh details about the bank robbery.
記者花了好幾個星期不斷向那名目擊者套出銀行搶案的最新細節。
milking + [person] + for + [information]
The actor was clearly milking the standing ovation, bowing again and again to the audience.
那位演員顯然在刻意拉長安可的時間，一次又一次向觀眾鞠躬。
Christopher kept milking the joke long after his friends had stopped laughing.
Christopher 把同一個笑話講到朋友們早就笑不出來了，還繼續講。
Critics said the studio was milking the franchise by releasing yet another sequel nobody asked for.
影評人說這家電影公司只是在榨乾這個系列，又推出一部根本沒人想看的續集。
- exploiting
more neutral and formal; covers using a resource fully, with or without unfairness
- bleeding (someone) dry
stronger and more emotional; implies the victim has been left with nothing
- fleecing
narrower — focuses on cheating someone out of money, not on extracting information or attention
文法句型
milking + [person/thing] + for + [money/information]
milking + [situation]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this figurative use is informal and carries a clearly negative tone — the speaker disapproves of how much is being taken. Subject is usually a person or company; object is often a situation, opportunity, joke, fan base, or victim, rather than a literal animal.
常見錯誤
milking — 名詞
1. the daily job on a dairy farm of taking milk out of cows, goats, or sheep, usual
擠奶工作
酪農場每日早晚替動物擠奶的例行作業
the daily job on a dairy farm of taking milk out of cows, goats, or sheep, usually done early in the morning and again in the evening.
Élise finishes the morning milking before the children leave for school.
Élise 在孩子們出門上學前，就會把早上的擠奶工作做完。
common pattern: 'the [time] milking'
On rainy days, the milking takes almost an hour longer than usual.
下雨天的時候，擠奶工作比平常要多花上將近一個小時。
subject: 'the milking' as the named task
Tomás helps his grandfather with the milking every weekend during summer vacation.
Tomás 暑假期間每個週末都會幫祖父做擠奶的工作。
After the milking, the cows return to the field beside the river.
擠奶結束之後，牛群會回到河邊的草地上。
- the milk round
British, dated — refers more to the delivery route after milking, not the extraction itself
文法句型
the milking
用法筆記
Almost always appears with 'the' and refers to the routine farm chore as a whole. Distinguish from the verb's gerund form by the article: 'the milking' (this noun, a named task) versus 'milking the goats' (verb, the action).
常見錯誤
milking — 形容詞
- milkingpositive
- more milkingcomparative
- most milkingsuperlative
1. used before a noun to describe a female farm animal that is currently producing
泌乳中的
正在產乳、可供採乳的母畜
used before a noun to describe a female farm animal that is currently producing milk for people to collect, as opposed to one that is too young, too old, or pregnant.
Each milking cow on the Watanabe farm produces about thirty litres a day.
Watanabe 家農場裡每一頭泌乳中的乳牛，一天大約可以產出三十公升的牛奶。
attributive: milking + [cow/goat/sheep]
Mira keeps her milking goats in a small barn next to the kitchen garden.
Mira 把她那幾頭泌乳中的母羊養在廚房菜園旁的小棚子裡。
common collocation: milking goats / milking sheep
The auction listed twelve milking cows and three young heifers from a single farm in Wisconsin.
這場拍賣會上有來自 Wisconsin 一座農場的十二頭泌乳母牛和三頭尚未生產的小母牛。
A healthy milking ewe can feed two lambs and still give enough milk for cheese.
一頭健康、正在泌乳的母羊可以餵養兩隻小羊，還能擠出足夠做起司的乳量。
- dry
of a cow: not currently producing milk, often between calves
文法句型
milking + [animal noun]
用法筆記
Strictly attributive — used before the animal noun, never after 'be'. Distinguish from 'dairy', which describes the whole industry or product (a 'dairy cow' may or may not currently be in milk; a 'milking cow' is one that is producing right now).