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suck up to vb informal (+: preposition) to flatter for one's own profit; toady Translationssuck (sak) verb1. to draw liquid etc into the mouth. As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw. 吸，吮 吸，吮 2. to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it. I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil. 噙（著） 噙（着） 3. to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action. The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil. 抽，吸 抽，吸 4. (American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc. Her singing sucks; This job sucks. （美）（俚）糟糕，無聊的 （美）（俚）糟糕的，无聊的 noun an act of sucking. I gave him a suck of my lollipop. （一）吮，（一）口 （一）吮，（一）口 ˈsucker noun1. (slang) a person who is easily fooled or is stupid enough to do something. Who is the sucker who bought your car? 吮吸者 吮吸者2. a person or thing that sucks. Are these insects bloodsuckers? 吸盤 吸盘3. an organ on an animal, eg an octopus, by which it sticks to objects. 吸座 吸座4. a curved pad or disc (of rubber etc) that can be pressed on to a surface and stick there. 吸根 吸根5. a side shoot coming from the root of a plant. 根出條，枝條 根出条，枝条 suck up to (slang) to do or say things to please one's boss etc for one's own benefit. They despise him because he's always sucking up to the boss. （俚）奉承某人 （俚）奉承某人 suck up to
suck up to (one)To seek the approval, attention, or support of others, especially superiors, through abject subservience, flattery, or fawning. I'm not doing well at all in math this year, so it seems like sucking up to the teacher is my only hope for a good grade! Don't suck up to me with chocolates and sweet talk—just tell me what you want!See also: suck, upsuck up to someoneSl. to attempt to gain influence with or favor from someone. In school, Richard was always sucking up to the teacher. Don't suck up to me. It won't do any good.See also: suck, upsuck up toBehave obsequiously towards, ingratiate oneself with, as in Now that he's the boss they're all sucking up to him, hoping to get big raises. [ Vulgar slang; mid-1800s] See also: suck, upEncyclopediaSeeSuckMedicalSeesuck |