老外说You're milking it，意思才不是“你在牛奶它”！

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。

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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