milking

英 [ˈmɪlkɪŋ]

美 [ˈmɪlkɪŋ]

n.  挤奶
v.  挤奶; 趁机牟利; 捞一把; 捞好处
milk的现在分词

现在分词：milking　复数：milkings　

化学

BNC.15978 / COCA.20464

牛津词典

noun

• 挤奶
  the process of taking milk from a cow, etc.
  1. milking machines/sheds
     挤奶机 / 棚

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (牛、羊等的)奶
  Milkis the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and some other animals, which people drink and use to make butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
  1. He popped out to buy a pint of milk.
     他匆匆出门去买一品脱牛奶。
  2. ...basic foods such as meat, bread and milk.
     诸如肉、面包和牛奶之类的主食
  3. ...empty milk bottles.
     空牛奶瓶
• VERB 给（牛、羊）挤奶；挤…的奶
  If someonemilksa cow or goat, they get milk from it, using either their hands or a machine.
  1. Farm-workers milked cows by hand.
     农场工人用手挤牛奶。
• N-UNCOUNT 母乳
  Milkis the white liquid produced by women to feed their babies.
  1. Milk from the mother's breast is a perfect food for the human baby.
     母乳是宝宝的最佳食品。
• N-MASS (清洁皮肤或使其柔嫩的)乳液
  Liquid products for cleaning your skin or making it softer are sometimes referred to asmilks.
  1. ...sales of cleansing milks, creams and gels.
     洗面奶、润肤膏和啫喱的销量
• VERB 榨取;剥削
  If you say that someonemilkssomething, you mean that they get as much benefit or profit as they can from it, without caring about the effects this has on other people.
  1. A few people tried to milk the insurance companies...
     一些人试图从保险公司敲一笔钱。
  2. The callous couple milked money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle.
     为了过上奢靡的生活，这对冷漠无情的夫妇竟然贪污医院的慈善基金。
• See also:coconut milkcondensed milkevaporated milkskimmed milk
• PHRASE （建议、观点）淡而无味的，软弱无力的，不痛不痒的
  If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they aremilk and water.
  1. Fryer dismisses the report as 'milk and water'.
     弗赖尔认为这篇报告里的观点不痛不痒，不值一读。

双语例句

• After going only a mile or so, they realized they had forgotten the milking stools.
  走了大约一英里，他们发现挤奶用的凳子忘记拿了。
• If you have cows you have to get up early to do the milking.
  在许多农场中你都能发现很多奶牛和鸡。
• At milking stations in Nantongyi, recent government inspections have also found high levels of antibiotic residues.
  在南通一村的奶站，政府检测机构还发现了高含量的抗生素残留。
• Milking cows and raising porks.
  挤个奶，扛个猪肉什么的。
• Under the banyan tree you were milking the cow with your hands, tender and fresh as butter.
  在榕树下你用乳油般柔嫩的手挤着牛奶。
• I was wondering if you wouldn't mind milking Petunia for me.
  我在想你是否介意帮我挤“矮牵牛花”的奶。
• 'I'll begin milking now, to get my hand in,' said Tess.
  现在我就开始挤牛奶吧，好让我熟练熟练，苔丝说。
• I had tried my hand at milking years ago, when I was about eighteen.
  多年前当我大约18岁的时候，我曾尝试过挤奶工作。
• She is milking the cows.
  她正给奶牛挤奶。
• My father has a cow and he gets up early to do the milking every morning.
  我的父亲养了一头奶牛，他每天早上很早起床去挤奶。