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milky

/mil-kee/US // ˈmɪl ki //UK // (ˈmɪlkɪ) //

乳白色的,乳白色,乳白的,乳白

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    milk·i·er, milk·i·est.

    • : of or like milk, especially in appearance or consistency.
    • : white or whitish in color.
    • : giving a good supply of milk.
    • : meek, tame, timid, or spiritless.

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Examples

  • Their milky latex contains medicinal properties, and in the Amazon, villagers administer a teaspoon to cure stomach parasites in children.

  • Rather than darkness, the afflicted are submerged into a world of milky whiteness.

  • High-level clouds may create a milkier afternoon sky, but we have a bright day overall.

  • The result is then filtered several times more, eventually ending up as a milky solution that fills 10-L plastic bags.

  • When I asked the pilot why, he said the milky conditions were too risky.

  • My partner Brandon and I awake at the crack of dawn for a canoe ride on the milky blue glacial waters of Lake Louise.

  • New research shows early galaxies were much bigger—some 10 times the mass of the Milky Way—than astronomers expected.

  • Astronomers recently placed the Milky Way on the fringe of a huge supercluster.

  • For example, based on the ages of stars, we know the Milky Way is about 13.2 billion years old.

  • One magnetar is only about a light-year from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

  • "No," said the Twins, "but there are no cats in the Milky Way," and they pulled the cat's tail thoughtfully.

  • Chyloid exudates are milky chiefly from proteids in suspension, or fine dbris from broken-down cells.

  • "Her face was like the milky way," &c.—Where is the subjoined quotation taken from, and what is the context?

  • The milky juice is emptied from the cups into a tank and lime juice is added and it is then allowed to stand.

  • I knew he was wounded, for I had seen the glistening milky fluid pouring from the wound in his breast.