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

5. intransitive. to suck up to, to curry favour with; to toady to. (Also without to.) slang (originally Schoolboy slang). Cf. sucker-up n. at sucker n. Compounds 2.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)]

flatter1340

to claw the back ofc1394

to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422

clawc1425

to claw by the sleeve1509

to claw by the backa1542

fawna1568

to make or pay (one's) court to1590

adulate1612

hug1622

sycophant1637

to make up to1701

to whip it in with1702

cultivate1706

incense1708

to wheedle in with1726

to grandfather up1747

slaver1794

toad1802

to play up to ——1809

nut1819

toady1827

bootlick1846

to suck up to1860

lickspittle1886

jolly1890

bum-suck1918

arse-lick1919

to cosy up to1937

brown-nose1948

ass-kiss1951

ass-lick1962

love-bomb1976

1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Suck up, ‘to suck up to a person’, to insinuate oneself into his good graces.

1876 ‘A. Thomas’ Blotted Out xvi I can't suck up to snobs because they happen to be in power and to have patronage.

1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 203 Fowle sucked up to him..and buttered him at all times.

1905 H. A. Vachell Hill vi ‘Afterwards’, John continued, ‘I tried to suck-up. I asked you to come and have some food.’

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xl. 719 We hear how you suck up to the Yankees..to get money out of them.

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. iv. 261 I imagine she's been used to bossing things rather in naval circles, with flag-lieutenants trotting round and young officers on-the-make sucking up to her.

1957 R. K. Merton Social Theory (rev. ed.) ii.viii. 270 Data in The American Soldier on what was variously called brown-nosing, bucking for promotion, and sucking up.

1963 D. Ogilvy Confessions Advertising Man (1964) i. 15 I despise toadies who suck up to their bosses; they are generally the same people who bully their subordinates.

1966 A. Sachs Jail Diary xxi. 187 I suck up to the police... I don't actually crawl to them but I am so eager to win their approval.

1979 J. Cooper Class (1980) vi. 131 Harry Stow-Crat also has to suck up to neighbouring farmers in case he should want to hunt over their land.

单词	to suck up to
释义	> as lemmas to suck up to 5. intransitive. to suck up to, to curry favour with; to toady to. (Also without to.) slang (originally Schoolboy slang). Cf. sucker-up n. at sucker n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) Suck up, ‘to suck up to a person’, to insinuate oneself into his good graces. 1876 ‘A. Thomas’ Blotted Out xvi I can't suck up to snobs because they happen to be in power and to have patronage. 1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy 203 Fowle sucked up to him..and buttered him at all times. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill vi ‘Afterwards’, John continued, ‘I tried to suck-up. I asked you to come and have some food.’ 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xl. 719 We hear how you suck up to the Yankees..to get money out of them. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. iv. 261 I imagine she's been used to bossing things rather in naval circles, with flag-lieutenants trotting round and young officers on-the-make sucking up to her. 1957 R. K. Merton Social Theory (rev. ed.) ii.viii. 270 Data in The American Soldier on what was variously called brown-nosing, bucking for promotion, and sucking up. 1963 D. Ogilvy Confessions Advertising Man (1964) i. 15 I despise toadies who suck up to their bosses; they are generally the same people who bully their subordinates. 1966 A. Sachs Jail Diary xxi. 187 I suck up to the police... I don't actually crawl to them but I am so eager to win their approval. 1979 J. Cooper Class (1980) vi. 131 Harry Stow-Crat also has to suck up to neighbouring farmers in case he should want to hunt over their land. extracted from suckv. < as lemmas
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