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| 1 | I/T to pull liquid into your mouth by using the muscles in your cheeks and tongue 啜；吮；吸 |
| After the accident, I could only suck liquids through a straw. 那场事故之后，我只能用吸管吮吸流质。 |
| +at a baby sucking at the breast 吃奶的婴儿 |
| | 1a | to put something in your mouth and move your tongue against it 含在嘴里吮食 | | +on She sucked on a sweet and stared at us. 她嘴里吮着一颗糖，瞪着我们。 | | suck your thumb I sucked my thumb until I was five. 我吮拇指一直吮到5岁。 | |
| | 1b | to pull air or smoke into your lungs 把（空气或烟）吸进肺部 | | +in He sucked in a lungful of air, then jumped into the pool. 他深吸一口气，而后跳进游泳池。 | | +on Christine sucked on her cigarette. 克里斯蒂娜吸着烟。 | |
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| 2 | T to pull air or liquid somewhere 抽，吸（空气或液体） |
| The fan sucks air in through one vent and pushes it out through the other. 风扇从一个孔抽气，从另一个孔排气。 |
| | 2a | if the pressure of air or liquid sucks someone or something somewhere , it pulls them there （空气或液体的压力）将…卷入，吞没 | | The current nearly sucked us under the water. 水流差点把我们卷入水下。 | |
| | 2b | used about a process that takes something from something else 吸纳；吸收；吸取 | | This gigantic military effort was sucking all the strength out of the economy. 这个庞大的军事行动正在耗尽财力。 | |
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| 3 | I MAINLY AMERICAN very informal to be very bad , very annoying etc. This is used only in the present tense 很差，很糟糕，非常令人讨厌（仅用于现在时） |
| If your job really sucks, leave it. 如果你的工作实在令你感到厌烦，那就辞职吧。 |
| ‘My mum says I have to clean the garage.’ ‘That sucks.’ “我妈说我得打扫车库。”“那可太烦人了。” |
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| - | suck it and see BRITISH informal
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| used for saying that you have to try something before you can know what it is like or whether it will be successful |
| 试试看（用于表示只有尝试一下某事物才能了解它或知道它能否成功） |
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| - | suck it up AMERICAN spoken
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| used for telling someone not to complain about something , because it will not change |
| 别抱怨了；再抱怨也没用 |
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| - | suck your teeth BRITISH
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| to pull your lips together when you are thinking about something or feel doubt about it |
| （在考虑某事物或对某事物有疑虑时）闭紧自己的双唇 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌsuck ˈin or ˌsuck ˈinto |
| PHRASAL VB |
| | - | be/get sucked in(to) informal
| | to be unable to stop yourself from getting involved in something bad | | （身不由己地）卷入（不好的事物中） | | | | Like many unemployed people, Theresa got sucked into a spiral of debts. 像许多失业人员一样，特里萨也债台高筑。 | | Would America be sucked into an unwanted war? 美国会卷入一场无谓的战争吗？ | | | |
| - | ˌsuck ˈoff |
| PHRASAL VB IMPOLITE |
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| | to perform oral sex on a man 对（男子）行口淫 |
| - | ˌsuck ˈup |
| PHRASAL VB INFORMAL |
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| | to be very nice to someone in authority so that they will treat you well . This word shows that you do not respect people who behave in this way 奉承；巴结；拍马屁 | +to Kristen is already sucking up to the new boss. 克里斯滕已经在讨好新老板了。 | |
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