核心畫面

You can picture 'milk' as the white liquid that a body or a plant gives out — first the drink from a cow, then mother's milk, then the white juice inside a coconut, then a milky . From the act of drawing that liquid out of an animal grows a second picture: squeezing every last drop of advantage out of a situation.

可以想成「身體或植物擠出來的那種白色液體」——先是牛擠出來給人喝的牛奶,再到母親餵孩子的乳汁、椰子裡那汪白汁、抹在皮更多收起可以想成「身體或植物擠出來的那種白色液體」——先是牛擠出來給人喝的牛奶,再到母親餵孩子的乳汁、椰子裡那汪白汁、抹在皮膚上的乳液。而「把這液體從動物身上擠出來」這個動作,又長出第二個畫面:把一件事的好處一滴不剩地擠乾。

Two branches

白色的液體(奶與乳汁)

一切從那汪白色液體開始:先是牛奶,再延伸到任何長得像奶、用法像奶的白色汁液。

milk (drink) · noun · A1

A white drink that comes from cows or goats, which people drink and use to make cheese, butter, and other food.

牛奶

擠取(擠奶 → 榨好處)

把名詞變成動作:對動物來說,milk 就是「把奶擠出來」。這個「一滴一滴抽取」的動作再比喻到人事上,就成了「把好處榨乾」。

milk an animal · verb · A2

To take milk from a cow, goat, or other animal.

擠奶

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Milkname

  • 1

    A surname.

    • American gay rights activist Harvey Milk was known for keeping his face and name on the front pages of San Francisco’s newspapers.

milknoun詞源 1/mɪlk/

  • 1

    A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.

    • Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.
    • 2007 September 24, Chris Horseman (interviewee), Emily Harris (reporter), “Global Dairy Demand Drives Up Prices”, Morning Edition, National Public Radio […] there's going to be that much less milk available to cover any other uses. Which means whether it's liquid milk or whether it's [milk that's been turned into] cheese or yogurt, the price gets pulled up right across the board.
  • 2

    A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.

    • Where it does fall down, however, is its nutritional value. While oats are largely a healthy grain to include in your diet, the milk is highly diluted with water, giving it little nutritional value.
    • For environmentally minded consumers, the news is hard to swallow: almond milk is not healthy for the planet and the popular milk substitute is especially hard on bees.
  • 3

    informalAn individual serving of milk.

    • Table three ordered three milks.
  • 4

    An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.

    • I take my tea with two milks and two sugars.
    • I take my tea with two milk and two sugar.
  • 5

    The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

  • 6

    vulgarslangSemen.

milkverb詞源 2/mɪlk/

  • 1

    To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

    • The farmer milked his cows.
    • I haue giuen Sucke, and know / How tender 'tis to loue the Babe that milkes me[…]
  • 2

    To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.

    • to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
  • 3

    Of a dairy cow, to produce milk.

    • ‘The boss’s cows must be milking well,’ he said, ‘or has he added to his herd?’
  • 4

    rareTo secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.

    • The black cow milking white milk, black hen on the nest laying white eggs.
  • 5

    To express a liquid from a creature.

    • The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.
    • He captures animals for zoos around the world... and milks cobra snakes for their venom.
  • 6

    To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).

    • When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
    • July 21, 1877, "The Block in the Courts" in The Spectator They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.
  • 7

    To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.

  • 8

    vulgarBDSMlifestylesexualityTo masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.

    • Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’s dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.
    • “No, no, no! When a male is in chas-ti-ty,” (Clive always drew out this word and also slavery, emphasizing every syllable to give it extra importance) “he should receive regular milking to maintain good hygiene.” (Yet more kinky behavior cloaked as healthy living.) “Milking helps flush out the toxins which accumulate within the prostate gland of a chaste male.”

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。