mili tary 0-w /'milatri; NAmE-teri/ adj., noun m adj. [usually before
noun] connected
with soldiers or the armed forces ^■^■#) ; ^ (A ^ 6X military
training/intelligence 0 a military coup
0 military uniform |fo We may have to take
military action. 3£f] — com
pare civilian ► militarily adv.: a militarily superior
country 0 We may have to
intervene militarily
in the area.
■ noun the military [sing.+sing./pl. v.] soldiers; the armed
forces ^A; ^IA; The military was/were
called
in to deal with the
riot.
.military ‘band noun a large group of soldiers who play
wind instruments and drums, sometimes while marching W-XVk — compare concert band .military po lice noun [abbr. MP) (often the military police) [pi ] the police force which is
responsible for the army, navy, etc.
.military 'service noun [U] 1 a period during which young people train
in the armed forces to be
called up for military service o She has to
do her military service. M ffl HR ^ 0 2 the time sb
spends in the armed forces
SR // : He’s completed 30
years of active military
service. f& EL&MtE 30 X#)W%za
mili tate /'militeit/ verb id:umVi militate against sth (forma!) to prevent sth; to
make it difficult for sth to happen or exist PA it, Pfif# ( ) : The
supervisor’s presence militated
against a relaxed atmosphere. 5X3 hinder
mili tia /ma'lija/ noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who are not professional
soldiers but who have had military training and can act as an army 0
militia man /ma'lijaman/ noun [pi. -men /-man/) a member of a
militia 0 f&EfiMA ft milk On /milk/ noun, verb
m noun [U] 1 the white liquid
produced by cows, goats and some
other animals as food for their young and used as a drink by humans ( ) Iff]-. a pint/
litre
of milk -poflft/ — ft Iff] 0 a bottle/carton of milk —US / —  0 fresh/dried/powdered milk ; Iff]
t oDo you take milk in your tea? jfclg M jJP #5 ? 0
milk products (= butter, cheese,
etc.) —see also
BUTTERMILK, CONDENSED MILK,
EVAPORATED MILK,
malted milk, skimmed milk 2 the white liquid
that is produced by women and female mammals
for feeding their babies ( AMtfl %$]$)#) ) Iff], breast milk
3 the white juice of some plants and trees, especially
the coconut (
— picture o page
Ri8 — see also soya milk IT5T77I the milk of human 'kindness (literary) kind behaviour,
considered to be natural to humans AW# 8. A14; fftl — more
at cry v.,
land n.
m verb [VN] 1 to take milk from
a cow, goat, etc. Iff] 2 ~ A (of B) | ~ B (from A) (disapproving) to obtain as much
money, advantage, etc. for yourself as you can from a particular situation,
especially in a dishonest way jH fp. f ij; —jfi; ffl if &L: She’s milked a small
fortune from the company over
the years.
— O She’s milked the company
of a small fortune. ]W?ft, 0
I know he’s had a hard time lately, but he’s certainly
milking it
for all it’s worth (=
using it as an excuse to do things that people would normally object to).
IR71 see dry adj.
milk chocolate noun [u] light brown chocolate
made with milk £fJff]FjJfe/j — compare dark
chocolate 'milk float noun [BrE) a small electric
vehicle used for delivefing milk to people’s houses ( ftLsfr ) Mlff]^ milk ing /'milkirj/ noun [U] the process of taking milk from a
cow, etc. Iff]: milking machines/sheds Iff]
tL/«i
milk-maid /'milkmeid/ noun (in the past) a woman whose job was to
take milk from cows and make butter and cheese ( IBWW ) ^DicI
| 1273 millenarian
milk-man /'milkman/
noun [pi -men /-man/) (especially in
.Milk
of Mag'nesia™ noun [u] (BrE) a white liquid that is used to help with indigestion |£?L,
IlLjfiJ ( ff]
)
'milk powder (also .powdered milk) (both BrE) [
m
.milk
'pudding noun [U, C] a pudding
( = sweet dish) made with milk and rice, or
with milk and another grain XWT
.milk
'punch noun [U, C] an alcoholic drink made by mixing
milk with strong alcoholic drinks ft Iff] ^
()
'milk round noun 1 (in
$J]li&M 2 (also the milk round) (in
ff#J ) i&m&WI
'milk run noun [informal) 1 [C] [especially BrE) a regular journey that is easy and in
which nothing unusual happens, especially one by plane ( X
tm ) Xfr 2 the milk run [sing.] [NAmE) a
plane or train journey with
stops in many places
( MX3fM%e ) : We took the milk run
back home.
milk-shake
/'milkjeik/
(also shake)
noun a drink made of milk, and sometimes ice
cream, with an added flavour of fruit or chocolate, which is mixed or shaken
until it is full of bubbles Mef ( '&ftlff]Milft$t.'&,
): a
banana milkshake
milk-sop /'milksop; NAmE -sa:p/ noun [disapproving, old-fashioned) a man or boy who is not brave or strong
< Mm); <Mm >
'milk tooth [BrE) (also 'baby tooth NAmE, BrE) noun any of the first set of teeth in young
children that drop out and are replaced by others
milky /'milki/ adj. 1 made
of milk; containing a lot of milk &$]&(&;
Iff]#): a hot milky drink j&ffj]
tAI4 0 milky tea/coffee Iff]^; 2
like
milk ft
Iff]#); tffilff]B#): milky [= not clear) blue
eyes ftjMIRW o milky (= white) skin
the .Milky 'Way noun [sing.] = galaxy(2)
mill /mil/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 a building fitted with
machinery for grinding grain into
flour H ; Si -r— see also watermill,
windmill(I) 2 (often in compounds J& is]) a factory that
produces a particular type of material X ft; ftfijitr: a
cotton/cloth/steel/paper mill /
0 mill owners/workers XA±; X A — see
also ROLLING MILL,
SAWMILL O note at FACTORY
3
(often in compounds IgtfffM'M.'n is]) a small machine for
crushing or grinding a solid
substance into powder ®Ml; a
pepper mill — see also
RUN-OF-THE-MILL, TREADMILL IT»TiBI go through the mill | put sb through the mill to have or make sb
have a difficult time AMAAM — more
at
GRIST
■
verb [VN] [often passive] to crush or grind sth in a mill ( %mmil ) mw, BM® rairaro .mill a'round [BrE also .mill a1 bout) (especially of a large
group of people Afu — A$¥A) to move around an area without
seeming to be going anywhere in particular 0 M; Fans
were milling around
outside the hotel. lio — see also milling
mil-len-ar-ian /.mili’nearian; NAmE -‘ner-/ noun a
member of a religious group which believes in a future age of happiness and
peace when Christ will return to Earth Xfl¥fiim (
It ) ►
mil-len-ar-ian adj. mil-len-ar-ian-ism
/-'nearianizam;
NAmE -’ner-/ noun [U]