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- a person or thing that sucks, in particular吮吸的人(或物), 尤指:
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- a rubber cup that adheres to a surface by suction橡皮吸杯。
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- a flat or concave organ enabling an animal to cling to a surface by suction吸盘。
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- the piston of a suction pump(空吸泵上的)活塞。
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- a pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction吸管。
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- informal a gullible or easily deceived person〈非正式〉容易受骗的人。
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- ( a sucker for) a person especially susceptible to or fond of a specified thing容易入迷的人:
I always was a sucker for a good fairy tale.
我从前一直是一个对精彩的神话故事很着迷的人。
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- informal, chiefly US a thing or person not specified by name〈非正式, 主美〉(不指名的)人(或事):
he's one strong sucker.
他是个强壮的人。
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- Botany a shoot springing from the base of a tree or other plant, especially one arising from the root below ground level at some distance from the main stem or trunk【植】根出条。
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- a side shoot from an axillary bud, as in tomato plants or maize(西红柿或玉米等的)腋芽。
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- a freshwater fish with thick lips that are used to suck up food from the bottom, native to North America and Asia亚口鱼。
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- Family Catostomidae: many genera and species.亚口鱼科:多属, 多种。
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- N. Amer. informal a lollipop〈北美, 非正式〉棒糖; 冰棒。
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- no obj. Botany (of a plant) produce suckers【植】(植物)长出根出条:
it spread rapidly after being left undisturbed to sucker.
由于任它长根出条不加干预, 它迅速地蔓延开了。
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- with obj. informal, chiefly US fool or trick (someone)〈非正式, 主美〉愚弄, 欺骗:
they got suckered into accepting responsibility.
他们被欺骗而承担了责任。