milk

latte

Liquido bianco prodotto da mucche e altri animali per nutrire i piccoli, bevuto anche dalle persone.

In inglese semplice: A white liquid that cows and other animals produce to feed their babies, also drunk by people.

• I drink milk every morning.
• Would you like milk in your tea?
• The farmer sells fresh goat milk.

Espressioni comuni: cow milk, fresh milk, milk bottle, milk and sugar

bicchiere di latte

Un bicchiere, una bottiglia o un cartone di latte.

In inglese semplice: One glass, bottle, or carton of the white drink produced by cows or other animals.

• Two milks, please.
• The waiter brought three milks to our table.
• She ordered a coffee and a milk.

Espressioni comuni: two milk cartons, order milk, milk for someone

mungere

Prelevare il latte dalle mammelle di una mucca o di un altro animale, a mano o con una macchina.

In inglese semplice: To take the white liquid from a cow or another animal’s body, usually by hand or machine.

• The farmer milks the cows each morning.
• Have you ever milked a goat?
• They milked the herd before breakfast.

Espressioni comuni: milk a cow, milk the goats, milk by hand

estrarre, mungere

Prelevare dal seno di una persona o dalle mammelle di un animale il latte prodotto per nutrire i piccoli.

In inglese semplice: To draw the white liquid produced for feeding babies from an animal’s or person’s body.

• They milked fresh milk from the cows.
• She milked a little liquid from the swollen udder.
• The farmer milked the milk into a bucket.

Come si usa: milk something from someone/something (They milked the liquid from the cow into a clean bucket.)

Sinonimi: express

Espressioni comuni: milk from cows, milk by hand, milk into buckets

estrarre

Prelevare liquido dal corpo di un animale, soprattutto il veleno di un serpente.

In inglese semplice: To remove liquid from an animal’s body, especially a snake’s poison.

• The researchers milk snakes for venom.
• She carefully milked the snake into a glass jar.
• These snakes are milked once a month.

Come si usa: milk something for something (They milk snakes for venom.)

Sinonimi: extract

Espressioni comuni: milk a snake, milk snakes, milk for venom