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suck/sʌk/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr. draw (a fluid) into the mouth by contracting the lip muscles etc. to make a partial vacuum 吸,吮,嘬 2 tr. (also absol. [亦含宾])a draw milk or other fluid from or through (the breast etc. or a container) (从乳房等或容器中)吸吮奶(或其他液体) b extract juice from (a fruit) by sucking (从果实中)吸吮汁液 3 tr.a draw sustenance, knowledge, or advantage from (a book etc.) (从书籍等中)吸收,吸取(营养、知识或益处) b imbibe or gain (knowledge, advantage, etc.) as if by sucking 吸收(知识等);获得(利益等) 4 tr. roll the tongue round (a sweet, teeth, one's thumb, etc.) (用舌头)咂,嘬(糖果、牙齿、拇指等) 5 intr. make a sucking action or sound 吮,吸,咂;吮吸声,咂嘴声 sucking at his pipe 抽着他的烟斗 6 intr. (of a pump etc.) make a gurgling or drawing sound (水泵等)发出汨汨流水声(或抽吸声) 7 tr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 down, in) engulf, smother, or drown in a sucking movement 卷入,吸入,吞没于(漩涡等中) 8 intr. N. Amer. slang be very bad, disagreeable, or disgusting [北美] [俚语]非常糟糕,令人嫌恶,令人讨厌 ●n. 1 the act or an instance of sucking, esp. the breast 吸,吮,嘬,咂(尤指吸奶) 2 the drawing action or sound of a whirlpool etc. (漩涡等的)吸卷(或吸卷声等) 3 (often foll. by 常后跟 of) a small draught of liquor 一小口酒 4 (in pl. 用复数; esp. as 尤作 int.) Brit. colloq. [英口]a an expression of disappointment 唉(表示失望的用语) b an expression of derision or amusement at another's discomfiture 呦(在他人处境难堪时所说的嘲弄语或玩笑话) □ give suck archaic (of a mother, dam, etc.) suckle [古义] (母亲、母兽等)给…喂奶 □ suck dry 1 exhaust the contents of (a bottle, the breast, etc.) by sucking 吸干,吸空(瓶子、乳房等) 2 exhaust (a person's sympathy, resources, etc.) as if by sucking 耗尽,用尽(某人的同情心、财力等) □ suck in 1 absorb 吸收,吸取 2 = sense 7 of v. 3 involve (a person) in an activity etc., esp. against his or her will 使(某人)卷入(尤指违背本人意愿的活动等) □ suck up 1 (often foll. by 常后跟 to) colloq. behave obsequiously esp. for one's own advantage [口] (尤指为了自身的利益而)巴结,奉承 2 absorb 吸取,吸收 [Old English sūcan, = Latin sugere] |