看到milk这个英文单词,你的脑海里是不是自动反映出“牛奶”!

当老外来一句:You're milking it,就突然有点懵圈,这句话到底是什么意思?

事实上,milk是可以做动词使用的。

当milk做动词的时候,它的意思是:to get milk from an animal挤......的奶,挤(奶)

例:Farm workers milked cows by hand.

农场工人们手工给奶牛挤奶。

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还可以衍生出:

to get as much money or information out of someone or something as possible, often in an unfair or dishonest way榨取,勒索

例:A few people tried to milk the insurance companies.

有些人试图榨取保险公司的钱。

所以如果有人说某人正在 milking it 的话,表示在讲对方在利用该情况或从该情况中榨取更多好处哦!

再来学习几个与milk有关的英语表达吧:

milkman

a man whose job is to bring milk to your home in the early morning,送奶工

例:Neighbours report that the milkman would leave his pail at the gate each morning without knocking.

邻居说送奶工每天早上会把桶放在门口,而并不敲门。

land of milk and honey

a country where living conditions are good and people have the opportunity to make a lot of money,鱼米之乡,富饶的国度

例:The country is now the fancied land of milk and honey.

那个国家现在成了人们向往的安乐乡。

skim milk

milk from which the cream has been removed,脫脂牛奶

例:You also can change the whole milk into skim milk or yoghourt.

你还可以把全脂牛奶换成脱脂奶或酸奶。

【每日一测】“ mi lk tea” 是什么意思?

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