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suck (obj) PULL INsQkvto pull in (esp. liquid) through your mouth without using your teeth, or to move the tongue and muscles of the mouth around (something inside your mouth), often in order to dissolve it吸，吮，啜，咂She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw. [T]她正坐在草地上用麦秆吸柠檬汁。As a child, I used to bite the end off the cone and suck the ice-cream through it. [T]小时候，我常常咬掉甜筒的末端吮冰淇淋吃。Only the female mosquito can suck blood and transmit malaria. [T]只有雌蚊子才会吸血和传播疟疾。I sucked my thumb until I was seven. [T]直到七岁我才停止吮大拇指。Sometimes a baby will hold the nipple in her mouth without really sucking on (Br also at) it. [I]有时婴儿会将乳头含在嘴里但并不吮。I tried sucking (on) a mint to stop myself coughing. [T; I + on]我试着吮食一粒薄荷糖来止咳。They always give you sweets to suck on (Br also at) in aeroplanes to stop your ears from going pop. [I]在飞机上他们总让你吮食糖果以防耳膜爆裂。If you think it will comfort your baby, give him a dummy to suck (on). [T; I + on]如果你觉得孩子咂橡皮奶头会舒服些，你就让他咂吧。I can't bear it when my grandma sucks (at) her teeth after a meal. [T; I + at]我无法忍受奶奶吃完饭后要咂嘴。A place or organization that has been sucked dry has lost all its useful or valuable qualities or possessions.榨干，耗尽，枯竭The city has been sucked dry of local talent. [T + obj + adj]这座城市的本地人才已全流失。(taboo slang) To suck someone off is to use the tongue, lips and mouth to excite someone's sexual organs to give pleasure.对…行口淫，对…口交(infml disapproving) If you suck up to someone in a position of authority, you do and say things in order to make them like and approve of you.拍某人马屁，奉承某人"Why do you think he offered to take all that work home?""Ah, he's just sucking up to the boss."“你认为他为什么提出把所有的工作都带回家做？”“哎，他不过是在拍老板的马屁罢了。”Something which sucks a liquid or an object in a particular direction pulls it with great force.吞噬，拉进，卷入The waves came crashing over my head and I could feel myself being sucked under by the currents. [T]海浪从我头顶卷过时我感到完全被水流吞噬了。(fig.) I really don't want any part in this whole argument but I can feel myself being sucked into it (= forced to be involved). [T]我根本不想在这场争论中插一脚，却发现自己不知不觉已卷了进去。(fig.) Continued rapid growth in consumer spending will suck in more imports. [M]消费支出的不断迅速增长将导致更多商品的进口。(Br and Aus infml saying) 'Suck it and see'means try it and see if it is successful.试试看能否成功。
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