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单词 suck
释义 suck
I. \ˈsək\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English soken, souken, from Old English sūcan; akin to Old High German sūgan to suck, Old Norse sūga, Latin sugere to suck, Middle Breton sunaff juice, Greek hyei it is raining, Lithuanian sunkti to filter, ooze, Tocharian B swese rain
transitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to draw (a liquid) into the mouth by a partial vacuum caused by motion of the mouth; specifically : to draw (milk) from a breast or udder by motion of the mouth or lips
  (2) : to draw or remove by application of the tongue or lips : lick, lap
   < suck food particles from the tongue >
  (3) : to draw by or as if by a vacuum created by application of the mouth to a tube
   < suck the membrane from the throat, using a tube — Morris Fishbein >
   < the bee that sucks from mountain heath her honey — William Wordsworth >
  (4) : to draw by or as if by suction, absorption, inhalation
   < a vacuum pump sucks the steam out of the cloth — Werner Von Bergen & H.R.Mauersberger >
   < was nearly sucked under by a bog — British Book News >
   < the pull of gravity … would suck the blood away from his head — J.A.Michener >
   < the sun sucked up the rain … — H.L.Merillat >
 b. archaic : to absorb (a characteristic) in infancy
  < thy valiantness was mine, thou suck'st it from me — Shakespeare >
 c. : to gather or exhaust a supply of
  < sucked away their specie reserves — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager >
  < the bemused spinster sucking culture from galleries — H.S.Canby >
  < sucking strength all round for the savage struggle — Liam O'Flaherty >
 d. : to affect and especially involve in an enterprise by compulsion or deceit
  < all of us … have been sucked out of our native soil and scattered in every unlikely corner of the world — Michael Howard >
  — usually used with in or into
  < inadvertently sucked into the … intrigue — Martin Levin >
  < sucked into … jury duty — H.J.Laski >
  < found themselves … sucked in as the purveyors of gossip — Alan Barth >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to draw liquid or semifluid substance from by a partial vacuum caused by motion of the mouth
   < suck an orange >
  specifically : to suck milk from (a breast or udder)
  (2) : to draw from or consume by applying the lips or tongue to or across the surface of or by or as if by a vacuum created by applying the mouth to a tube
   < suck out the trachea — A.R.Koontz >
   < suck a lollipop >
  (3) : to apply the mouth or its parts to in the manner of a child sucking the breast
   < sucks his thumb >
   < sucking his empty pipe — Ellen Glasgow >
 b. : to gather or exhaust the resources, strength, or vitality of
  < a body sucked and wasted by disease >
3. : suckle, nurse
4. : to fawn upon
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to draw milk from a breast or udder
 b. : to draw something in by or as if by producing a vacuum
  < the thirsty hot winds above suck constantly at the soil — W.P.Webb >
 c. : to draw air — used of a pump that fails to draw fluid because of low water or a defective valve
 d. : to draw in the mouth over or around an object in the manner of a child at the breast
  < pensively … and slowly sucked at his pipe — Haldane Macfall >
2. : to flow or splash against a shore somewhat forcefully and in waves especially so as to undermine or wash away part of its substance
 < the tide drained and sucked at the mud flats — Nicholas Monsarrat >
3. : to become sucked so as to make a sound or motion
 < his pipe sucked hollowly — Walter Machen >
 < flanks sucked in and out, the long nose resting on his paws — Virginia Woolf >
4. : to act in an obsequious manner
 < when they want votes … the candidates come sucking around — W.G.Hardy >

- suck dry
- suck the blood of
- suck the monkey
- suck up to
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English souke, from souken to suck
1.
 a. : the act of sucking; specifically : the act of sucking milk
  < a child at suck >
 b. : a sucking movement or force
  < the strong suck of the undertow >
2. obsolete : milk drawn or to be drawn from the breast
3. : a small draft : sip
4. : whirlpool
5. slang : an obsequious person : toady; also : the influence an obsequious person has over another
III. \“, ˈsu̇k\
variant of sock
IV. transitive verb
: to perform fellatio upon — often used with off; usually considered vulgar
intransitive verb
slang : stink 2 4
 < charge cards suck — Reinhold Aman >
 < as a singer, the truth was, I sucked — Artie Ripp >
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