| 单词 | suck |
| 释义 | suck (once / 431 pages) vn To suck is to draw something by force. Vacuum cleaners suck dirt from the floor and milkshake drinkers suck this liquid, tasty liquid through a straw. Drinking something by pulling it into your mouth is to suck it. You can also suck on something, like a peppermint or a thumb, by holding it in your mouth. Objects can suck too — a fan sucks warm air out the window. You can also suck someone into your plans, meaning you force them to participate. The word suck comes from the Proto-Indo-European sug, from the sound your mouth makes when you suck on something. WORD FAMILYsuck: sucked, sucker, sucking, sucks, suction+/sucker: suckers/sucking: suckings/suction: suctioned, suctioning, suctions, suctorial USAGE EXAMPLES“We knew we couldn’t fumble this mission—they could have been sucking us into a trap,” says a U.S. Time(Dec 01, 2016) The effect was to suck $50 billion from the banking system. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) The next day, Hively said in a phone interview Wednesday, an administrator reprimanded her for "sucking face" and admonished her for being unprofessional. Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1v draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth suck the poison from the place where the snake bit suck on a straw the baby sucked on the mother's breast Syn|Hyper breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse give suck to drink, imbibe take in liquids 2v draw something in by or as if by a vacuum Mud was sucking at her feet Hyper draw, take out take liquid out of a container or well 3v attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad Syn|Hyper suck in absorb, take in suck or take up or in 4v take in, also metaphorically Syn|Hypo absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up mop, mop up, wipe up to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop blotdry (ink) with blotting paper sponge upabsorb as if with a sponge swab, swobwash with a swab or a mop spongesoak up with a sponge 5v provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation Hyper excite, stimulate, stir stir feelings in 6v give suck to Syn|Ant|Hyper breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse bottlefeed feed (infants) with a bottle feed, give give food to 7v be inadequate or objectionable this sucks! Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 8n the act of sucking Syn|Hyper sucking, suction consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
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