cambric tea
noun [ C or U ] US old-fashioned uk/ˌkæm.brɪk ˈtiː/ us/ˌkæm.brɪk ˈtiː/
牛奶红茶
a hot drink of milk, sugar, and hot water or weak tea
The patient, feebly sipping his cambric tea, smiled at the doctor. 病人有气无力地喝着他的牛奶红茶，对着医生微笑。
My sister, cousins, and I grew up drinking cambric tea. 我的姐姐、堂兄妹和我都是喝着牛奶红茶长大的。
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- Cambric tea was hot water and milk, with only a taste of tea in it, but little girls felt grown-up when their mothers let them drink it.
- I got my grandmother to make me a cambric tea, basically hot water flavoured with milk, sugar, and a small amount of tea.