English-Thai Dictionary
Milky Way
N ทางช้างเผือก tang-chang-pueak
milk
N น้ำนม นม whey sap nam-nom
milk
VT รีดนม drain sap squeeze rid-nom
milk
VT รีดไถ ปอกลอก หลอก เอา ประโยชน์ overcharge extort fleece undercharge rid-tai
milk of human kindness
IDM ความเมตตา ปรา ณี ผู้อื่น ความเห็นอกเห็นใจ ผู้อื่น kwam-med-ta-pra-ne-phu-uen
milk of magnesia
N ยา ลด กรด และ ยาระบาย ya-lod-kod-lea-ya-ra-bai
milk round
N การ ส่ง นม kan-song-nom
milk tooth
N ฟันน้ำนม fan-nam-nom
milker
N คน รีดนม kon-rid-nom
milking
N การรีดนม pumping suction suckling kan-rid-nom
milkmaid
N หญิง รีดนม วัว ying-rid-nom-wua
milkman
N คน ส่ง นม ผู้ชาย kon-songnom-phu-chai
milkshake
N เครื่องดื่ม ปั่น ประกอบด้วย นม และ ไอ ศรี ม krueng-duam-pan-pra-kob-duai-nom-lea-i-sa-kim
milksop
N คนขี้ขลาด ผู้ชาย ที่ อ่อนแอ pantywaist milquetoast kon-ke-kad
milkweed
N ต้น พืช ซึ่ง ให้ น้ำยาง สี ขาว ton-phud-sueng-hai-nam-yang-se-kao
milkwort
N พืช พวก Polygala มี ฤทธิ์ ขับ น้ำนม
milky
ADJ ซึ่ง มี สี คล้าย น้ำนม ซึ่ง มี สี เหมือน น้ำนม white snowy whitish sueng-me-se-klai-nam-nom
milky
ADJ ซึ่ง ใส่ นม ซึ่ง มี น้ำนม sueng-sai-nom
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MILK
n. 1. A white fluid or liquor, secreted by certain glands in female animals, and drawn from the breasts for the nourishment of their young.
2. The white juice of certain plants.
3. Emulsion made by bruising seeds.
MILK
v.t.[L. mulgeo.] 1. To draw or press milk from the breasts by the hand, as, to milk a cow.
2. To suck. [Not used. ]
MILKEN
a.Consisting of milk. [Not used. ]
MILKER
n.One that milks.
MILK-FEVER
n.A fever which accompanies the first flowing of milk in females after childbirth.
MILK-HEDGE
n.A shrub growing on the Coromandel coast, containing a milky juice.
MILKINESS
n.Qualities like those of milk; softness.
MILK-LIVERED
a.Cowardly; timorous.
MILKMAID
n.A woman that milks or is employed in the dairy.
MILKMAN
n.A man that sells milk or carries milk to market.
MILKPAIL
n.A pail which receives the milk drawn from cows.
MILKPAN
n.A pan in which milk is set.
MILKPORRIDGE, MILKPOTTAGE
n.A species of food composed of milk or milk and water, boiled with meal or flour.
MILKSCORE
n.An account of milk sold or purchased in small quantities, scored or marked.
MILKSOP
n.A soft, effeminate, feeble-minded man.
MILK-THISTLE
n.A plant of the genus Carduus.
MILKTOOTH
n.The fore tooth of a foal, which is cast within two or three years.
MILK-TREFOIL
n.A plant, the cytisus.
MILK-VETCH
n.A plant of the genus Astragalus.
MILK-WORT
n.A plant of the genus Euphorbia; spurge.
MILK-WEED
n.A plant, the Asclepias Syriaca.
MILKWHITE
a.White as milk.
MILKWOMAN
n.A woman that sells milk.
MILKY
a.Made of milk. 1. Resembling milk; as milky sap or juice.
2. Yielding milk; as milky mothers.
3. Soft; mild; gentle; timorous; as a milky heart.
MILKY-WAY
n.The galaxy; a broad luminous path or circle in the heavens, supposed to be the blended light of innumerable fixed stars, which are not distinguishable with ordinary telescopes.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MILK
Milk, n. Etym: [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries.meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj, Sw. mjölk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft roe of fishes.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. "White as morne milk. " Chaucer.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. Condensed milk. See under Condense, v. t. -- Milk crust (Med. ), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema. -- Milk fever. (a ) (Med. ) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b ) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. -- Milk glass, glass having a milky appearance. -- Milk knot (Med. ), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. -- Milk leg (Med. ), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. -- Milk meats, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs. ] Bailey. -- Milk mirror. Same as Escutcheon, 2. -- Milk molar (Anat. ), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. -- Milk of lime (Chem. ), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. -- Milk parsley (Bot. ), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum palustre )of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. -- Milk pea (Bot. ), a genus (Galactia ) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. -- Milk sickness (Med. ), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows ), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius ). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. -- Milk sugar. (Physiol. Chem. ) See Lactose, and Sugar of milk (below ). -- Milk thistle (Bot. ), an esculent European thistle (Silybum marianum ), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. -- Milk thrush. (Med. ) See Thrush. -- Milk tooth (Anat. ), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. -- Milk tree (Bot. ), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron ), and the Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. -- Milk vessel (Bot. ), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See Latex. -- Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, under Agaric. -- Sugar of milk. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See Lactose.
MILK
Milk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Milked; p. pr. & vb. n. Milking. ]
1. To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of. "Milking the kine. " Gay. I have given suck, and know How tender 't is to love the babe that milks me. Shak.
2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.
3. To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder. Tyndale. They [the lawyers ] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock. London Spectator. To milk the street, to squeeze the smaller operators in stocks and extract a profit from them, by alternately raising and depressing prices within a short range; -- said of the large dealers. [Cant ] -- To milk a telegram, to use for one's own advantage the contents of a telegram belonging to another person. [Cant ]
MILK
MILK Milk, v. i.
Defn: To draw or to yield milk.
MILKEN
MILKEN Milk "en, a.
Defn: Consisting of milk. [Obs. ]
MILKER
MILKER Milk "er, n.
1. One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.
2. A cow or other animal that gives milk.
MILKFUL
MILKFUL Milk "ful, a.
Defn: Full of milk; abounding with food. [R.] "Milkful vales." Sylvester.
MILKILY
MILKILY Milk "i *ly, adv.
Defn: In a milky manner.
MILKINESS
MILKINESS Milk "i *ness, n.
Defn: State or quality of being milky.
MILK-LIVERED
MILK-LIVERED Milk "-liv `ered, a.
Defn: White-livered; cowardly; timorous.
MILKMAID
MILKMAID Milk "maid `, n.
Defn: A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.
MILKMAN
Milk "man, n.; pl. Milkmen (.
Defn: A man who sells milk or delivers is to customers.
MILK SICKNESS
MILK SICKNESS Milk sickness. (Veter.)
Defn: A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows ), and persons using the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted water.
MILKSOP
MILKSOP Milk "sop `, n.
Defn: A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. Shak. To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer.
MILK VETCH
MILK VETCH Milk " vetch `. (Bot. )
Defn: A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos ) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
Note: The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere.
MILKWEED
MILKWEED Milk "weed `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge.
MILKWORT
MILKWORT Milk "wort `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A genus of plants (Polygala ) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Note: The species of Campanula, or bellflower, are sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
MILKY
MILKY Milk "y, a.
1. Consisting of, or containing, milk. Pails high foaming with a milky flood. Pope.
2. Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the water is milky. "Milky juice. " Arbuthnot.
3. Yielding milk. "Milky mothers." Roscommon.
4. Mild; tame; spiritless. Has friendship such a faint and milky heart Shak. Milky Way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
New American Oxford Dictionary
milk
milk |milk mɪlk | ▶noun an opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young. • the milk of cows (or occasionally goats or ewes ) as food for humans: a glass of milk. • the white juice of certain plants: coconut milk. • a creamy-textured liquid with a particular ingredient or use: cleansing milk. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 draw milk from (a cow or other animal ), either by hand or mechanically. • [ no obj. ] (of an animal, esp. a cow ) produce or yield milk: the breed does seem to milk better in harder conditions. • extract sap, venom, or other substances from. 2 exploit or defraud (someone ), typically by taking regular small amounts of money over a period of time: [ with complement ] : he had milked his grandmother dry of all her money. • get all possible advantage from (a situation ): the newspapers were milking the story for every possible drop of drama. • elicit a favorable reaction from (an audience ) and prolong it for as long as possible: he milked the crowd for every last drop of applause. PHRASES in milk (of an animal, esp. a cow ) producing milk. it's no use crying over spilt (or spilled ) milk proverb there is no point in regretting something that has already happened and cannot be changed or reversed. milk and honey prosperity and abundance. [with biblical allusion to the prosperity of the Promised Land (Exod. 3:8 ).] milk of human kindness care and compassion for others. [with allusion to Shakespeare's Macbeth . ]ORIGIN Old 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. ’
milk-and-water
milk-and-wa ter ▶adjective [ attrib. ] lacking the will or ability to act effectively: a milk-and-water rebel.
milk bar
milk bar ▶noun Brit. a snack bar that sells milk drinks and other refreshments.
milk cap
milk cap ▶noun a large woodland toadstool with a concave cap, the flesh of which exudes a white or coloured milky fluid when cut. ●Genus Lactarius, family Russulaceae, class Hymenomycetes: several species, including the edible saffron milk cap (L. deliciosus ).
milk chocolate
milk choc o late |ˈmɪlk ˈˌtʃɑk (ə )lət | ▶noun solid chocolate made with the addition of milk.
milker
milk er |ˈmilkər ˈmɪlkər | ▶noun 1 a cow or other animal that is kept for milk, esp. one of a specified productivity: the cows were no more than fair milkers. 2 a person or device that milks cows.
milk fever
milk fe ver ▶noun 1 an acute illness in female cows, goats, etc. , that have just produced young, caused by calcium deficiency. 2 a fever in women caused by infection after childbirth, formerly supposed to be due to the swelling of the breasts with milk.
milkfish
milk fish |ˈmilkˌfiSH ˈmɪlkˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or milkfishes ) a large active silvery fish of the Indo-Pacific region, farmed for food in Southeast Asia and the Philippines. [Chanos chanos, the only member of the family Chanidae. ]
milk float
milk float ▶noun Brit. an open-sided van, typically powered by electricity, that is used for delivering milk to houses.
milk glass
milk glass ▶noun semitranslucent glass, whitened by the addition of various ingredients: [ as modifier ] : milk-glass jars. Also called opaline.
milking parlor
milk ing par lor ▶noun see parlor ( sense 3 of the noun ).
milking stool
milk ing stool ▶noun a short three-legged stool, of a kind traditionally used while milking cows.
milk leg
milk leg ▶noun painful swelling of the leg after giving birth, caused by thrombophlebitis in the femoral vein.
milk loaf
milk loaf ▶noun Brit. a loaf of bread made with milk instead of water.
milkmaid
milk maid |ˈmilkˌmād ˈmɪlkˌmeɪd | ▶noun chiefly archaic a girl or woman who milks cows or does other work in a dairy.
milkman
milk man |ˈmilkmən, -ˌman ˈmɪlkmən | ▶noun ( pl. milkmen ) a person who delivers and sells milk.
milk of magnesia
milk of mag ne sia ▶noun a white suspension of hydrated magnesium carbonate in water, used as an antacid or laxative. ORIGIN from the trademark.
milk powder
milk pow ¦der ▶noun [ mass noun ] milk dehydrated by evaporation.
milk pudding
milk pud |ding ▶noun Brit. a baked pudding made of milk and rice or another grain such as sago or tapioca.
Milk River
Milk Riv er a river that flows for 625 miles (1,000 km ) through northwestern Montana and southern Alberta, into the Missouri River. It is the most northwestern part of the Missouri-Mississippi river system.
milk round
milk round ▶noun Brit. a regular milk delivery along a fixed route. • a regular journey that includes calls at several places. • a series of visits to universities and colleges by recruiting staff from large companies.
milk run
milk run |ˈmɪlk ˌrən | ▶noun a routine, uneventful journey, esp. by plane.
milk shake
milk shake (also milkshake ) ▶noun a cold drink made of milk, a sweet flavoring such as fruit or chocolate, and typically ice cream, whisked until it is frothy.
milk sickness
milk sick ness ▶noun a condition of cattle and sheep in the western US, caused by eating white snakeroot, which contains a toxic alcohol. It sometimes occurs in humans who have eaten meat or dairy products from affected animals.
milk snake
milk snake ▶noun a harmless North American constrictor that is typically strongly marked with red and black on yellow or white. It was formerly supposed to suck milk from sleeping cows. [Genus Lampropeltis, family Colubridae: several species, in particular L. triangulum. Compare with king snake . ]
milksop
milk sop |ˈmilkˌsäp ˈmɪlkˌsɑp | ▶noun a person who is indecisive and lacks courage.
milk stout
milk stout ▶noun [ mass noun ] a kind of sweet stout made with lactose.
milk sugar
milk sug ar ▶noun another term for lactose.
milk thistle
milk this tle ▶noun a European thistle with a solitary purple flower and glossy marbled leaves, naturalized in North America and used in herbal medicine. [Silybum marianum, family Compositae. ] • another term for sow thistle.
milk tooth
milk tooth |ˈmɪlk ˌtuθ | ▶noun any of a set of early, temporary (deciduous ) teeth in children or young mammals that fall out as the permanent teeth erupt (in children, between the ages of about 6 and 12 ).
milk train
milk train ▶noun a train that runs very early in the morning to transport milk but also carries passengers.
milk vetch
milk vetch ▶noun a plant of the pea family found throughout the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, grown in several regions as a fodder plant. [Genus Astragalus, family Leguminosae: numerous species, including the widespread A. canadensis. ]
milkweed
milk weed |ˈmilkˌwēd ˈmɪlkwid | ▶noun 1 a herbaceous American plant with milky sap. Some kinds attract butterflies, some yield a variety of useful products, and some are grown as ornamentals. [Genus Asclepias, family Asclepiadaceae: several species, in particular the common milkweed (A. syriaca ).] 2 (also milkweed butterfly ) another term for monarch butterfly.
milk-white
milk-white ▶adjective of the opaque white color of milk: she had milk-white skin.
milkwort
milk wort |ˈmilkˌwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈmɪlkwərt | ▶noun a small plant that was formerly believed to increase the milk yield of cows and nursing mothers. Its tiny flowers, which may be white, pink, yellow-orange, blue, or greenish, usually appear in cloverlike heads. [Genus Polygala, family Polygalaceae: several species, including the cross-leaved milkwort (P. cruciata ) and the yellow milkwort (P. lutea ).]
milky
milk y |ˈmilkē ˈmɪlki | ▶adjective ( milkier, milkiest ) 1 containing or mixed with a large amount of milk: a cup of sweet milky coffee. • (of a cow ) producing a lot of milk. • resembling milk, esp. in color: not a blemish marred her milky skin. • (of something that is usually clear ) cloudy: the old man's milky, uncomprehending eyes. 2 informal, dated weak and compliant: they just talk that way to make you turn milky. DERIVATIVES milk i ly |-əlē |adverb, milk i ness noun
milky spore
milk y spore ▶noun a bacterial disease of beetle larvae, including the Japanese beetle; the bacterium has been isolated and used in a commercial pesticide sold under the same name. [Bacillus popilliae, family Bacillaceae. ]
Milky Way
Milk y Way |ˈˌmɪlki ˈweɪ | a faint band of light crossing the sky, made up of vast numbers of faint stars. It corresponds to the plane of our Galaxy, in which most of its stars are located. • the galaxy in which our sun is located.
Oxford Dictionary
milk
milk |mɪlk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young. • the milk of cows (or occasionally goats or ewes ) as a drink for humans: a glass of milk. • the white juice of certain plants: coconut milk. • a creamy-textured liquid with a particular ingredient or use: cleansing milk. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 draw milk from (a cow or other animal ), either by hand or mechanically. • [ no obj. ] (of an animal, especially a cow ) produce milk: the breed does seem to milk better in harder conditions. • extract sap, venom, or other substances from. 2 exploit or defraud by taking small amounts of money over a period of time: executives milked the health plan's funds for their personal use. • get all possible advantage from (a situation ): the newspapers were milking the story for every possible drop of drama. • elicit a favourable reaction from (an audience ) and prolong it: he milked the crowd for every last drop of applause. PHRASES in milk (of an animal, especially a cow ) producing milk. it's no use crying over spilt (or N. Amer. also spilled ) milk proverb there is no point in regretting something which has already happened and cannot be changed or reversed. milk and honey prosperity and abundance. [with biblical allusion to the prosperity of the Promised Land (Exod. 3:8 ).] milk of human kindness care and compassion for others. [with allusion to Shakespeare's Macbeth . ]ORIGIN Old 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 ’.
milk-and-water
milk-and-water ▶adjective [ attrib. ] lacking the will or ability to act effectively: a milk-and-water government.
milk bar
milk bar ▶noun 1 Brit. a snack bar that sells milk drinks and other refreshments. 2 Austral. a corner shop.
milk cap
milk cap ▶noun a large woodland toadstool with a concave cap, the flesh of which exudes a white or coloured milky fluid when cut. ●Genus Lactarius, family Russulaceae, class Hymenomycetes: several species, including the edible saffron milk cap (L. deliciosus ).
milk chocolate
milk choc |olate ▶noun [ mass noun ] light-brown chocolate made with milk.
milker
milk ¦er |ˈmɪlkə | ▶noun 1 a cow or other animal that is kept for milk, especially one of a specified productivity: the cows were no more than fair milkers. 2 a person who milks cows.
milk fever
milk fever ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 an acute illness in female cows, goats, etc. that have just produced young, caused by calcium deficiency. 2 a fever in women caused by infection after childbirth, formerly supposed to be due to the swelling of the breasts with milk.
milkfish
milk |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or milkfishes ) a large active silvery fish of the Indo-Pacific region, farmed for food in SE Asia and the Philippines. ●Chanos chanos, the only member of the family Chanidae.
milk float
milk float ▶noun Brit. an open-sided van, typically powered by electricity, that is used for delivering milk to houses.
milk-glass
milk-glass ▶noun [ mass noun ] semi-translucent glass, whitened by the addition of various ingredients. Also called opaline.
milking parlour
milking par |lour ▶noun see parlour ( sense 4 of the noun ).
milking stool
milking stool ▶noun a short three-legged stool, of a kind traditionally used while milking cows.
milk leg
milk leg ▶noun [ mass noun ] painful swelling of the leg after giving birth, caused by thrombophlebitis in the femoral vein.
milk loaf
milk loaf ▶noun Brit. a loaf of bread made with milk instead of water.
milkmaid
milk |maid |ˈmɪlkmeɪd | ▶noun chiefly archaic a girl or woman who milks cows or does other work in a dairy.
milkman
milk |man |ˈmɪlkmən | ▶noun ( pl. milkmen ) a man who delivers and sells milk.
Milk of Magnesia
Milk of Magnesia ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. trademark a white suspension of hydrated magnesium carbonate in water, used as an antacid or laxative.
milk powder
milk pow ¦der ▶noun [ mass noun ] milk dehydrated by evaporation.
milk pudding
milk pud |ding ▶noun Brit. a baked pudding made of milk and rice or another grain such as sago or tapioca.
Milk River
Milk Riv er a river that flows for 625 miles (1,000 km ) through northwestern Montana and southern Alberta, into the Missouri River. It is the most northwestern part of the Missouri-Mississippi river system.
milk round
milk round ▶noun Brit. a regular milk delivery along a fixed route. • a regular journey that includes calls at several places. • a series of visits to universities and colleges by recruiting staff from large companies.
milk run
milk run ▶noun a routine, uneventful journey, especially by plane.
milkshake
milk |shake |ˈmɪlkʃeɪk | ▶noun a cold drink made of milk, a sweet flavouring such as fruit or chocolate, and typically ice cream, whisked until it is frothy.
milk sickness
milk sick |ness ▶noun [ mass noun ] a condition of cattle and sheep in the western US, caused by eating white snakeroot, which contains a toxic alcohol. It sometimes occurs in humans who have eaten meat or dairy produce from affected animals.
milk snake
milk snake ▶noun a harmless North American constrictor that is typically strongly marked with red and black on yellow or white. It was formerly supposed to suck milk from sleeping cows. ●Genus Lampropeltis, family Colubridae: several species, in particular L. doliata. Compare with kingsnake .
milksop
milk |sop |ˈmɪlksɒp | ▶noun a man or boy who is indecisive and lacks courage.
milk stout
milk stout ▶noun [ mass noun ] a kind of sweet stout made with lactose.
milk sugar
milk sugar ▶noun another term for lactose.
milk thistle
milk this ¦tle ▶noun a European thistle with a solitary purple flower and glossy marbled leaves, naturalized in America and used in herbal medicine. ●Silybum marianum, family Compositae. • another term for sowthistle.
milk tooth
milk tooth ▶noun any of a set of early, temporary (deciduous ) teeth in children or young mammals which fall out as the permanent teeth emerge (in children between the ages of about six and twelve ).
milk train
milk train ▶noun a train that runs very early in the morning to transport milk but also carries passengers.
milk vetch
milk vetch ▶noun a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant of the pea family, grown in some regions as a fodder plant. ●Astragalus glycyphyllos, family Leguminosae.
milkweed
milk |weed |ˈmɪlkwiːd | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a herbaceous American plant with milky sap, some kinds of which attract butterflies or yield a variety of useful products. ●Genus Asclepias, family Asclepiadaceae. 2 (also milkweed butterfly ) another term for monarch ( sense 2 ).
milk-white
milk-white |ˈmɪlkwʌɪt | ▶adjective of the opaque white colour of milk: her milk-white skin.
milkwort
milk |wort |ˈmɪlkwəːt | ▶noun a small plant with blue, pink, or white flowers, which was formerly believed to increase the milk yield of cows and nursing mothers. ●Genus Polygala, family Polygalaceae: several species, including the European common milkwort (P. vulgaris ).
milky
milky |ˈmɪlki | ▶adjective ( milkier, milkiest ) 1 containing or mixed with a large amount of milk: a cup of sweet milky coffee. • (of a cow ) having a high milk yield. 2 resembling milk in colour: not a blemish marred her milky skin. • cloudy or opaque: the old man's milky, uncomprehending eyes. 3 informal, dated weak and compliant: they just talk that way to make you turn milky. DERIVATIVES milkily adverb, milkiness noun
milky spore
milk y spore ▶noun a bacterial disease of beetle larvae, including the Japanese beetle; the bacterium has been isolated and used in a commercial pesticide sold under the same name. [Bacillus popilliae, family Bacillaceae. ]
Milky Way
Milky Way a faint band of light crossing the night sky, made up of vast numbers of faint stars forming the bulk of the galaxy of which our solar system is a part.
American Oxford Thesaurus
milk
milk verb 1 Pam was milking the cows: draw milk from, express milk from. 2 milk a little of the liquid: draw off, siphon (off ), pump off, tap, drain, extract. 3 milking rich clients: exploit, take advantage of, cash in on, suck dry; informal bleed, squeeze, fleece. WORD LINKS lactic relating to or obtained from milk Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
milksop
milksop noun See mama's boy.
milky
milky adjective a milky complexion: pale, white, milk-white, whitish, off-white, cream, creamy, chalky, pearly, nacreous, ivory, alabaster; cloudy, frosted, opaque. ANTONYMS swarthy.
Oxford Thesaurus
milk
milk noun informal cow juice. ▶verb 1 milk a little of the liquid from the cylinder: draw off, siphon, bleed, pump off, tap, drain, extract, withdraw. 2 phoney psychics can milk their rich clients for years: exploit, take advantage of, cash in on, impose on, bleed, suck dry, fleece, squeeze, wring, blackmail. WORD LINKS milk dairy, lactic relating to milk lacto- related prefix, as in lactoprotein, lacto-vegetarian Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
milksop
milksop noun would a boy brought up by his mother grow up a milksop? namby-pamby, coward, weakling, Milquetoast; informal drip, mummy's boy, sissy, pansy, jellyfish, wimp, crybaby; Brit. informal wet, big girl's blouse, chinless wonder; N. Amer. informal candy-ass, pantywaist, pussy; archaic poltroon.
milky
milky adjective not a blemish marred her milky skin: pale, white, milk-white, snow-white, whitish, off-white, cream, creamy, chalky, pearly, nacreous, ivory, alabaster, opaque, clouded, cloudy, misty, blanched, bloodless, anaemic, ashen, pallid, drained, pasty, wan, waxen, faded. ANTONYMS swarthy.
Duden Dictionary
milk
milk melken |m i lk |
Milke
Mil ke Substantiv, feminin schweizerisch , die Milken |M i lke |mundartliche Nebenform von Milch Kalbsbries
Milken
Mil ken Substantiv, maskulin schweizerisch , der Milke |M i lken |der Milken; Genitiv: des Milkens mundartliche Nebenform von Milch Kalbsbries
Milkshake
Milk shake Substantiv, maskulin , der |M i lkshake …ʃeɪk |der Milkshake; Genitiv: des Milkshakes, Plural: die Milkshakes englisch Milchmixgetränk
milkst
milkst melken |m i lkst |
milkt
milkt melken |m i lkt |
French Dictionary
milk-shake
milk-shake FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour lait fouetté.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
milk
milk /mɪ́lk /〖原義は 「哺 （ほ ）乳類が乳から分泌する不透明な白い液 」〗(形 )milky 名詞 複 ～s /-s /1 U 〖種類では 可算 〗牛乳 , 乳 , ミルク ▸ a pint [liter, quart, gallon ] of milk 牛乳1パイント [リットル, クォート, ガロン ] (!quartは通例紙パックで日本の1,000mlとほぼ同量; ガロンはプラスチック容器 ) ▸ drink a glass [bottle ] of milk グラス1杯 [1本 ]の牛乳を飲む ▸ heat [boil ] milk 牛乳を温める [沸かす ]▸ Do you take milk in your coffee? コーヒーにミルクは入れますか 表現 コーパス いろいろなミルク 1 …乳 [ミルク ] ▸ whole ～全乳 ▸ skimmed ～スキムミルク, 脱脂乳 ▸ condensed ～練乳 ▸ dried [powdered ] ～粉ミルク ▸ formula (～)｟主に米 ｠調整粉ミルク ▸ low-fat ～低脂肪乳 ▸ evaporated ～エバミルク, 無糖練乳 ▸ coconut ～ココナッツミルク .2 乳 [ミルク ]…▸ tea with ～ミルクティ (╳ milk teaとしない )▸ a ～ jug ミルク用マグカップ ▸ ～ products 乳製品 2 U 母乳 (breast milk, mother's milk ); 哺乳動物の乳 ▸ give (breast ) milk 母乳を与える ▸ The baby whale is fed on its mother's milk .その赤ちゃんクジラは母親の母乳で育っている 3 U (植物 果実などの )果汁 ; 樹液 .4 〖～s 〗乳液 (lotion ).be m ì lk and w á ter ｟主に英 非難して ｠〈議論 意見などが 〉おざなりである ; これという部分がない .cr ỳ over sp ì lt [｟米 ｠sp ì lled ] m í lk やってしまった失敗 [誤り ]にくよくよする (→it is no use doing ).in m í lk 〈人 動物が 〉乳の出る状態で .m ì lk and h ó ney 乳と蜜 ; 生活の豊かさ, 楽しさ ▸ a land of milk and honey 生活の豊かな地 〘聖書より 〙m ì lk for b á bes [b á bies ]子供向きのやさしい読みもの [教訓など ] 〘聖書より 〙.the m ì lk of h ù man k í ndness ｟文 ｠(温かい )人情 〘Shakespeare作 Macbeth から 〙.動詞 ～s /-s /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 他動詞 1 a. 〈牛 ヤギなど 〉の乳をしぼる ; 〈木など 〉から樹液を取る ▸ Cows must be milked twice a day .1日に2度は牛の乳をしぼらなくてはならない b. 〈ヘビ 〉の毒を抜く .2 ｟くだけて 非難して ｠【人から 】〈金など 〉をだまし取る «from » ; 〈人 〉を食い物にする ; 〈人 〉をだまして 【金などを 】取る «of , for » ▸ He milked several millions from his employer. ≒He milked his employer of several millions .彼は雇い主から数百万ドルを詐取した 自動詞 〈動物が 〉乳が出る , 乳を出す ; 〈人が 〉乳をしぼる .m ì lk A dr ý →dry 形容詞 .m í lk A for à ll it is [it's ] w ó rth ｟主に米 ｠A 〈事 物 〉をとことん利用する .～́ b à r ミルクバー 〘乳飲料や軽食を出す店 〙.～̀ ch ó colate ミルクチョコレート .～́ ch ù rn ｟英 ｠(農場からの搬出用 )大型牛乳缶 .～́ [～́ ing ] c ò w 乳牛 .～́ f è ver 〘医 〙授乳熱, 軽症産褥 （さんじよく ）熱 ; (牛などの )乳熱 .～́ fl ò at ｟英 ｠牛乳配達電気自動車 .～́ gl à ss 乳白ガラス .～́ l è g 白股 （はつこ ）腫 〘出産後の脚部の腫 （は ）れ 〙.～́ l ò af ｟英 ｠牛乳パン .～̀ of Magn é sia [magn é sia ]マグネシウム乳剤 〘液体の胃腸 便秘薬 〙.～̀ p ú dding ｟英 ｠ミルクプディング 〘コメにタピオカなどを加え, 牛乳で煮た甘いかゆ 〙.～́ r ò und (!｟英 ｠) 1 牛乳配達 .2 〖the ～〗青田買い 〘大企業が新卒の獲得のために大学を訪問すること 〙.～́ r ù n 1 ｟米 くだけて ｠各駅停車で行く鉄道の旅 ; 離発着を繰り返す飛行機の旅 .2 ｟英 くだけて ｠気楽な [道慣れた ]旅行 .～́ sh à ke ミルクセーキ, ミルクシェイク 〘牛乳にアイスクリームや果物, チョコレートなどを混ぜてかきまぜた飲み物 〙.～́ sn à ke ミルクヘビ 〘無毒 〙.～́ s ù gar 乳糖, ラクトース (lactose ).～́ t ò ast ミルクトースト 〘温めた牛乳に浸したバタートースト 〙.～́ t ò oth ｟英 ｠複 ～ teeth 乳歯 (baby tooth )(→second tooth ).～́ vetch レンゲ属の一種 .～́ wh ì te 乳白色 .
milker
m í lk er 名詞 C 1 牛乳しぼり人 ; ＝milking machine .2 乳牛 ; 乳を出す家畜 ▸ a good [bad ] milker 乳のよく出る [出ない ]牛 .
milking
m í lking 名詞 U 搾 （さく ）乳 .～́ mach ì ne 搾乳器 .～́ p à rlor 搾乳室 [場 ].
milkmaid
m í lk m à id 名詞 C ｟古 ｠乳しぼりをする女性 (dairymaid; ｟男女共用 ｠dairy [farm ] worker ).
milkman
m í lk man 名詞 複 -men C 牛乳配達人, 牛乳屋 (｟男女共用 ｠milk deliverer ).
milksop
m í lk s ò p 名詞 C ｟やや古 ｠腰抜け, 弱虫, いくじなし (の男 ).
milkweed
m í lk w è ed 名詞 U C 1 〘植 〙トウワタ .2 白い乳液を分泌する植物全般 .
milk-white
m í lk-wh ì te 形容詞 乳白色の .
milky
milk y /mɪ́lki /→milk 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 〈飲み物 食べ物が 〉牛乳をたくさん含んだ ▸ milky tea ミルクたっぷりの紅茶 2 〈液体が 〉牛乳のように見える , 乳白色の ; 白濁した , 不透明な .3 〈肌が 〉白くてすべすべした .4 乳白色の ; 白のしま模様の .5 〈牛などが 〉乳を多く出す ; 〈木が 〉樹液を多く出す .6 〈男が 〉臆病 [軟弱 ]な .M -̀ W á y 〖the ～〗〘天 〙天の川, 銀河 (系 )(the Galaxy ).～́ wh ì te 乳白色 .m í lk i ness 名詞 U 乳白色 ; 乳状 .
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