milk
noun/mɪlk/
/mɪlk/
[uncountable]Idioms - the white liquid produced by cows, goats and some other animals as food for their young and used as a drink by humans
（牛或羊等的）奶 - a pint/litre of milk
一品脱奶；一升奶 - a bottle/carton of milk
一瓶／一纸盒奶 - She drank a glass of cool frothy milk.
她喝了一杯冰凉的泡沫牛奶。 - fresh/dried/powdered milk
鲜奶；奶粉 - Do you take milk in your tea?
你茶里加奶吗？ - milk products (= butter, cheese, etc.)
乳制品 - milk production/prices
牛奶产量／价格 - I am allergic to cow's milk.
我对牛奶过敏。 - (British English) full-fat/semi-skimmed/skimmed milk (= milk with none/some/most of the fat removed)
全脂／半脱脂／脱脂牛奶 - (North American English) Shall I get skim milk or 2%?
我该买脱脂牛奶还是含 2% 脂肪的牛奶？
Extra ExamplesTopics Drinksa1- Don't drink the milk—it's off.
别喝那个牛奶 － 过期了。 - Dried milk keeps better than fluid milk.
奶粉比液体奶容易保存。 - The milk has gone off/turned sour.
牛奶已经变质/ 变酸了。 - They've stopped delivering milk in our area.
他们不再往我们地区送奶了。 - a calcium-fortified milk which provides more calcium than regular milk
含钙量比普通牛奶多的高钙奶 - Dairy cows produce more milk when listening to music.
奶牛在听音乐时会产更多的牛奶。 - Why is there no milk in the fridge?
冰箱里为什么没有牛奶？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- curdled
- sour
- …
- litre/liter
- pint
- bottle
- …
- drink
- have
- take
- …
- be off
- go bad
- go off
- …
- powder
- beverage
- drink
- …
- a pint/litre of milk
- the white liquid that is produced by women and female mammals for feeding their babies
（人或哺乳动物的）奶，乳汁 - breast milk
母乳 - Mammals rely on mother's milk for nutrition and immune protection.
哺乳动物依靠母乳获取营养和免疫保护。 - She expressed some milk so her husband could do the night feeding.
她挤了些母乳让丈夫可以在夜里喂宝宝。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- curdled
- sour
- …
- litre/liter
- pint
- bottle
- …
- drink
- have
- take
- …
- be off
- go bad
- go off
- …
- powder
- beverage
- drink
- …
- breast milk
- (in compounds) a white liquid produced by or made from plants
由植物产生或制成的白色液体 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- curdled
- sour
- …
- litre/liter
- pint
- bottle
- …
- drink
- have
- take
- …
- be off
- go bad
- go off
- …
- powder
- beverage
- drink
- …
Word OriginOld English milc, milcian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch melk and German Milch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mulgere and Greek amelgein ‘to milk’.
Idioms
cry over spilt milk (British English)
(US English cry over spilled milk)
- to waste time worrying about something that has happened that you cannot do anything about
枉为无可挽回的事忧伤；作于事无补的担忧 - As the saying goes—it's no use crying over spilt milk.
常言道：覆水难收，后悔也于事无补。
- As the saying goes—it's no use crying over spilt milk.
the land of milk and honey
- a place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy
富饶的乐土；丰裕之地 - He dreamed of emigrating to Canada—the land of milk and honey.
他梦想移民到加拿大——牛奶和蜂蜜的土地。
- He dreamed of emigrating to Canada—the land of milk and honey.
the milk of human kindness
- (literary) kind behaviour, considered to be natural to humans
人的善良天性；恻隐之心