| 单词 | suck |
| 释义 | suck (sʌk ) Word forms: sucks , sucking , sucked 1. verb If you suck something, you hold it in your mouth and pull at it with the muscles in your cheeks and tongue, for example in order to get liquid out of it. They waited in silence and sucked their sweets. [VERB noun] He sucked on his straw. [V + on/at] Doran was clutching the bottle with both hands and sucking intently. [VERB] Synonyms: drink, sip, draw, sup 2. verb If something sucks a liquid, gas, or object in a particular direction, it draws it there with a powerful force. The pollution-control team is at the scene and is due to start sucking up oil any time now. [VERB noun with adverb] The air is sucked out by a high-powered fan. [VERB noun with adverb] They sucked in deep lungfuls of air. [VERB noun with adverb] The pilot was almost sucked from the cockpit when a window shattered. [be VERB-ed preposition] Synonyms: take, draw, pull, extract 3. passive verb If you are sucked into a bad situation, you are unable to prevent yourself from becoming involved in it. He warned that if the President tried to enforce control, the country would be sucked into a power vacuum. [be V-ed into n] ...the extent to which they have been sucked into the cycle of violence. [be VERB-ed + into] 4. verb [no cont] If someone says that something sucks, they are indicating that they think it is very bad. [informal, rude, feelings] The system sucks. [VERB] 5. to suck someone dry adjective If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left. [disapproval] ...a shady rip-off industry that sucks its talent dry then discards it. He's just milking the company dry. Phrasal verbs: suck up phrasal verb You say that someone is sucking up to a person in authority when you do not like the fact that they are trying to please the person because of the person's position. [informal, disapproval] She kept sucking up to the teachers, especially Mrs Clements. [VERB PARTICLE + to] Idioms: teach your grandmother to suck eggs [British] to give advice about something to someone who actually knows more about it than you do `It's a sarcophagus. Dig it good and wide,' he said. `Go teach your grandmother to suck eggs,' said Leshka, and waved him away with a show of irritation. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers suck it and see [British] said to mean that the only way to find out if something new is a good idea and is likely to be successful is to actually try it These results do not mean that the Japanese will like these Western products. The only sure way to prove that is to suck it and see. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 吮吸 Japanese: 吸う |
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