资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Milk \Milk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Milked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Milking}.]
   1. To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the
      hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of. ``Milking the
      kine.'' --Gay.

            I have given suck, and know How tender 't is to love
            the babe that milks me.               --Shak.

   2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk;
      as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.

   3. To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to
      yield profit or advantage; to plunder. --Tyndale.

            They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as
            regularly as a dairyman does his stock. --London
                                                  Spectator.

   {To milk the street}, to squeeze the smaller operators in
      stocks and extract a profit from them, by alternately
      raising and depressing prices within a short range; --
      said of the large dealers. [Cant]

   {To milk a telegram}, to use for one's own advantage the
      contents of a telegram belonging to another person. [Cant]