单词 | sucker |
释义 | sucker (sʌkəʳ ) Word forms: suckers , suckering, suckered 1. countable noun If you call someone a sucker, you mean that it is very easy to cheat them. [informal, disapproval] But that is what the suckers want so you give it them. Keep giving us your money, sucker! Synonyms: fool, mug [British, slang], dupe, victim 2. countable noun If you describe someone as a sucker for something, you mean that they find it very difficult to resist it. [informal] I'm such a sucker for romance. [+ for] 3. verb If you sucker a person into doing something, you deceive them, usually so that they do something that is against their own interests. [mainly US] If you tell folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if you sucker them, they'll vote for you twice over. [VERB noun] He gets people to put the ball exactly where he has suckered them into placing it. [V n into -ing] Synonyms: fool 4. countable noun The suckers on some animals and insects are the parts on the outside of their body which they use in order to stick to a surface. 5. countable noun A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shaped piece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat. ...sucker pads. |
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