suck
v. 吮吸; 吸引; 恶心
n. 吸入物
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...
他们安静地等着,嘴里咂着糖果。
He sucked on his cigarette...
他抽了一口烟。
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...
污染控制小组就在现场,现在随时准备开始吸油。
The air is sucked out by a high-powered fan...
由强力风机把空气吸出去。
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.
他警告说,如果总统想要实施强权统治的话,那么这个国家将陷入权力真空状态。
...the extent to which they have been sucked into the cycle of violence.
他们卷入暴力恶性循环的程度
If someone says that something sucks, they are indicating that they think it is very bad.
The system sucks.
这个系统太差劲了。
1. the act of sucking
1. draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth;
2. draw something in by or as if by a vacuum;
3. attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.;
4. take in, also metaphorically;
5. give suck to;
absorb, suck, digest, incorporate
这些动词均有"吸收"之意。
give suck
(古)喂奶,哺乳
suck someone dry
耗尽某人的体力(物力或感情)
suck it and see
(英,非正式)试一下就知道了
suck it up
(美,非正式)接受苦难
suck up
(非正式)(尤指为了自己的利益)巴结,奉承
suck in
利用;欺骗;诈取
Specific Property : white prill granular powder or flake, suck up moisture.
特征: 白色粒状、球状、粉状或片状, 易吸潮.
Your baby isn't strong enough to suck, so we have to use intubation.
你的宝宝还无法吞咽东西, 所以我们使用导流管.
Trying to tell Harold anything about pistols is like teaching your grandmother to suck eggs.
试图告诉哈罗德有关手枪事宜如同班门弄斧.
I suck at telling jokes cause I always give it away.
我没法说好一个笑话,因为我总是半途而废.
Vacuums are great at picking up fine dust but suck horribly at bigger pieces of trash.
吸尘器拿手的是清理那些细小的灰尘,但对那些大些的垃圾就无能为力了.