Word · Frequency #1881
milk
挤奶；给…挤奶
核心释义
to take milk from a female animal, such as a cow or goat
- 1.
挤奶(从雌性哺乳动物身上)
take milk from female mammals
- 2.
尽可能利用
exploit as much as possible
- 3.
加牛奶
add milk to
榨取；利用；往…里加牛奶；挤奶(从雌性哺乳动物身上)；尽可能利用；加牛奶
用法In use
Every morning, the farmer milks the cows by hand.
用法提示：作为及物动词，表示‘挤奶’。
This breed of goat milks well, producing over three liters a day.
用法提示：作为不及物动词，表示‘产奶’。
The con artist milked the elderly couple of their life savings.
用法提示：作为及物动词，比喻‘榨取’。
milk + noun (animal)
Farmers milk cows twice a day.
农民们每天给奶牛挤两次奶。
milk + noun (person) + for + noun (information/money)
常用于比喻义，表示榨取或套取。
The journalist milked the politician for information.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- milk a cow
- 给奶牛挤奶
- The farmer milks his cows twice a day.这个农夫一天给他的奶牛挤两次奶。
- milk somebody for information
- 从某人那里套取信息
- They tried to milk the former employee for information.他们试图从那名前员工那里套取信息。
- milk it for all it's worth
- 充分利用；榨干……的价值
- She won the lottery, and you can bet she will milk it for all it's worth.她中了彩票，你可以打赌她会把这件事充分利用起来。
- milk the system
- 钻制度的空子；从制度中谋取好处
- Some companies milk the tax system with legal loopholes.一些公司利用法律漏洞钻税收制度的空子。
- milk money out of somebody
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
milk就是牛奶，作动词时：一挤奶，二榨取，三加奶。想象把奶牛的价值彻底榨干，这就是milk。音近“蜜奶”，好记。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：on a farm、making tea or coffee、informal speech 作动词时，milk 的语体随义项而变化：表示“挤奶”或“加牛奶”通常较中性；表示“榨取、利用”时多用于口语，常带贬义。
语法说明Grammar Note
作及物动词时意为'挤奶；榨取'，作不及物动词时意为'产奶'。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的词（/ɪlk/）有：silk、ilk、bilk。注意拼写相似的 mild（/maɪld/）和 mill（/mɪl/）发音不同，不押韵。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
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