英语词汇“suck”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

suck

释义

verb | noun

sucksuck1 /sʌk/ ●●● S2 verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsuck¹

Origin: Old English sucan

VERB TABLE

suck

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	suck
	he, she, it	sucks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sucked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sucked
	he, she, it	has sucked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sucked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will suck
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sucked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sucking
	he, she, it	is sucking
	you, we, they	are sucking
Past	I, he, she, it	was sucking
	you, we, they	were sucking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sucking
	he, she, it	has been sucking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sucking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sucking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sucking

COLLOCATIONS► suck the life

Poverty seemed to suck the life out of us.

► sucking ... dry

These people are sucking the country dry (=taking everything from someone or something, especially money).

1PUT IN MOUTH to hold something in your mouth and pull on it with your tongue and lips, often to drink or eat something: He’s eight years old and he still sucks his thumb. The baby was very premature and couldn’t suck.suck on Molly was sucking on a candy cane.suck at The baby sucked at his mother’s breast.2DRINK/BREATHE to take liquid or air into your mouth by making your lips tight and using the muscles of your mouth to pull the liquid or air in: The insects feed by sucking the animal’s blood.suck something in Miguel put the cigarette to his mouth and sucked in some smoke.suck something up Jenny sucked up the milkshake with her straw.3PULL to pull someone or something with great power and force to a particular place: suck down/into A bird got sucked into the jet’s engines.suck somebody/something under The strong waves threatened to suck us under.4be bad [intransitive] spoken informal to be very bad: The food there sucks.suck at She really sucks at tennis.5remove [transitive] to take something such as energy, money, etc. from something else, when this is a bad thing to happen: He felt as if all the warmth had been sucked from his body.suck something out of somebody/something Poverty seemed to suck the life out of us. These people are sucking the country dry (=taking everything from someone or something, especially money).6suck somebody into something to make someone become involved in a particular situation, event, etc., especially a bad one: I refuse to let them suck me into their argument.7suck in your stomach to pull your stomach in using your stomach muscles so that it looks smaller: He caught sight of himself in the mirror and sucked in his stomach.[Origin: Old English sucan]suck up phrasal verb1informal disapproving to say or do a lot of nice things in order to make someone like you or to get what you want: suck up to somebody Brad’s always sucking up to the teacher.2suck it up spoken used to tell someone to do something and stop worrying or complaining about how bad or difficult it is: The other team is playing really well, but we just have to suck it up and do better.

verb | noun

sucksuck2 noun [countable] an act of sucking

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