1A building or room for the processing, storage, and distribution of milk and milk products.

1. 1.1 A shop where milk and milk products are sold.
   乳品店
   Example sentencesExamples

   • A dairy in the north of England has begun selling Newcastle Brown Ale flavoured ice cream.
   • Because so many farms have diversified in recent years there are often jobs for partners in bakeries, dairies and farm shops.
   • Licenses for all kinds of businesses, from dairies to pet food stores to horseback riding schools, now cost more money.
   • Several Amish cooperatives and family run dairies have developed a loyal relationship with the restaurant, selling only to Pouillon.
   • The shop was a dairy that supplied milk to the boats in the harbour and involved long hours.
   • When you support local dairies, bakeries, clothes shops, restaurants, butchers and local businesses and retailers in general, you are supporting local jobs and a vibrant local economy.
   • Over time, the hotel was expanded and a dairy, bakery and stables were added.
2. 1.2mass noun Milk and milk products collectively.
   I rely on soya as a substitute for dairy

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   • I've followed a healthy macrobiotic diet for 10 years now, which means that I try to stick to fresh organic food and avoid dairy and meat.
   • The most common food intolerances are wheat or gluten, dairy, corn, soy, eggs and peanuts.
   • Saturated fats have been shown to have health repercussions, too, but are naturally occurring in such foods as meat, eggs and dairy.
   • Greens and other plant foods easily hold their own against dairy in terms of calcium content.
   • The Government says it is responding to concern about the power of the supermarket chains, not just in dairy but for other foods such as fruit and vegies as well.
   • In these cases Dampness-engendering foods like dairy, citrus, and perhaps wheat may need to be eliminated from the diet.
   • This will rot cooked food, oils, dairy, meat, rubber, cardboard and newspaper.
   • Willett, however, considers dairy that's been skimmed of saturated fat an optional food.
   • Most importantly we'd recommend consulting a medical practitioner or dietitian before excluding any major food group like dairy from the diet.
   • I not only have gluten sensitivity but wheat, dairy and various other food sensitivities.
   • Diet often plays a role, with wheat and dairy being the most common food offenders.
   • While it's true that there are a variety of other foods that are rich in calcium, dairy is still the best bet.
   • Allergy sufferers also find relief by avoiding dairy, meat and/or wheat-based foods when symptoms are at their worst.
   • Formerly 75% of our revenue was derived from dairy, largely milk and ice cream.
   • You will need to read all food labels as dairy turns up in many disguises, eg, whey, lactose, skimmed milk powder, casein, milk protein.
   • They say primary school meals should provide at least one portion from the following groups: fruit and vegetables, milk or dairy, meat or fish, and a starchy food such as bread or pasta.
   • It's widely available in animal foods including dairy, eggs, fish, and poultry.
   • According to Chef Sumara Malingalis, raw food with no meat, no dairy, and no cooking is all the rage in Hollywood.
   • Chief among allergic foods are dairy and wheat.
   • When over the acute stage, avoid: alcohol, red meat, tobacco, spicy, greasy and fried foods and dairy.

2NZ A small grocery shop.

1attributive Containing or made from milk.

1. 1.1 Concerned with the production of milk.
   制乳的，奶产品的
   a dairy farmer

   乳制品农场主。

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   • Carr's has three mills manufacturing 300,000 tonnes of food each year for dairy and beef cattle, and sheep.
   • The family have had to sell their dairy herd after the tanker firm that collected their milk had its vehicles attacked.
   • In fact, some of these dairy cooperatives market products made from member milk directly to consumers.
   • The state, bordering the Rocky Mountains, says it needs an additional 65,000 cows to meet the milk demands of its expanding dairy processing industry.
   • This genetically modified hormone was designed to increase milk production in dairy cows.
   • This limitation reduces wool growth on sheep, milk production by dairy animals, and meat quality.
   • If the milk suppliers are really serious, what they should be trying to attempt is the acquisition of the dairy processing end of the business.
   • For those who do not know, supply management involves the dairy and poultry industries, the latter including chicken, turkey and egg production.
   • Death is not usual but animals cease gaining weight and milk production in dairy cattle falls.
   • Factory farms feed dairy and beef cattle on grain, not their natural diet of grass.
   • The Government has accepted the need for rationalisation of the dairy processing sector, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh has said.
   • The funds raised will be used for expanding liquid milk, ice cream and other dairy production facilities.
   • The meat, egg, dairy, fast food, and soft drink industries have abandoned a head-on assault on the science.
   • The challenges facing the dairy processing sector, as identified by the Prospectus report, were also considered by the forum.
   • The consequences of uncovering a large scale problem may be difficult to deal with, having major implications for the food, dairy, and pharmaceutical industries.
   • However, an organic dairy farmer who rents land from us has diversified by selling vegetables at farmers' markets.
   • When it comes to milk, dairy farmers receive only a quarter of the average 36p which you will pay in the shops or on the doorstep for a pint.
   • Around 15% of dairy farmers said they would exit milk production over the next two years.
   • They also plan to import over a 1,000 dairy cattle to provide milk products in a country that imports just about everything, from milk powder to meat.
   • The competition rewards the country's top dairy farmers who produce milk with the highest protein content and with a firm eye to cost efficiency.