🇬🇧 English from 🇯🇵 Japanese 全単語
milk
/mɪlk/
A1 noun Food & Drink
🇯🇵 Japanese: 牛乳 (gyūnyū)
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🇬🇧 Listen & Repeat (English)

Definition

🇬🇧 English
noun

A white liquid produced by cows (and other animals) that is used as a drink and to make products like cheese, butter, and yoghurt.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Uncountable noun. Do not say 'a milk'. Say 'some milk', 'a glass of milk', 'a litre of milk'. Common collocations: full-fat milk, skimmed milk, milk chocolate, dairy milk.

Cultural Notes

In Britain, milk is traditionally delivered to homes in glass bottles by a 'milkman'. The phrase 'no use crying over spilt milk' means there is no point worrying about something that has already happened and cannot be fixed.

Example Sentences

The boy drank a glass of milk.

"The boy drank a glass of milk."

🇯🇵 "男の子は牛乳を一杯飲んだ。(Otoko no ko wa gyūnyū o ippai nonda.)"

He adds milk to the cereal.

"He adds milk to the cereal."

🇯🇵 "彼はシリアルに牛乳を加える。(Kare wa shiriaru ni gyūnyū o kuwaeru.)"

Practice Quiz

1. How do you correctly ask for milk?
2. Milk is usually produced by:

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