milk

milk
milk [{{t}}mɪlk]
1 noun
lait m;
mother's milk lait m maternel;
cow's milk lait m de vache;
goat's milk lait m de chèvre;
Milk of Magnesia lait m de magnésie;
a land flowing with milk and honey un pays de cocagne;
{{}}figurative{{}} the milk of human kindness le lait de la tendresse humaine
2 compound-forming noun
(bottle, churn, jug etc → empty) à lait; (→ full) de lait
3 transitive verb
(a) (cow, goat) traire
(b) (snake) extraire le venin de
(c) {{}}figurative{{}}
to milk a country of its resources dépouiller un pays de ses ressources;
he really milks his clients il plume ses clients;
she milked the subject dry elle a épuisé le sujet;
the newspapers milked the story for all it was worth les journaux ont tiré tout ce qu'ils ont pu de l'histoire;
they just milked all his ideas ils se sont approprié toutes ses idées
4 intransitive verb
the cow milks well la vache donne beaucoup de lait
►► milk bank lactarium m;
milk bar milk-bar m;
{{}}American{{}} milk can bidon m de lait;
{{}}Botany{{}} milk cap (fungus) lactaire m;
milk chocolate chocolat m au lait;
milk duct canal m galactophore;
{{}}Veterinary medicine{{}} milk fever fièvre f lactée;
{{}}British{{}} milk float camionnette f du laitier;
milk gland glande f lactéale ou galactophore;
milk loaf pain m brioché;
milk powder lait m en poudre;
{{}}British{{}} milk pudding entremets m au lait;
{{}}formerly{{}} the Milk Race = course cycliste en Grande-Bretagne (ainsi nommée parce qu'elle était parrainée par l'industrie laitière);
{{}}British{{}} milk round (for milk delivery) tournée f du laitier; {{}}University{{}} = tournée des universités par les employeurs pour recruter des étudiants en fin d'études;
{{}}familiar{{}} milk run {{}}Aviation{{}} vol m sans histoire, partie f de rigolade; (regular journey) trajet m habituel, tournée f habituelle ;
milk shake milk-shake m, {{}}French Canadian{{}} lait m frappé;
{{}}British{{}} milk stout bière f brune;
milk tooth dent f de lait;
milk train premier train m (du matin);
{{}}American{{}} milk truck camionnette f du laitier;
{{}}Botany{{}} milk vetch astragale m, tragacanthe f;
{{}}Botany{{}} milk willowherb salicaire f

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