suck/sʌk/

vt

1. 吮吸；啜

• suck orange juice through a straw 用吸管吸橙汁

2. 把…含在嘴里

• a child that sucks its thumb 吮拇指的孩子

3. 使卷入；吞没

• be sucked into a deception 被卷入一场骗局

• The canoe was sucked into the whirlpool. 独木舟被漩涡吞没了。

vi 吮吸；吸食

• suck at coffee 啜咖啡

• The baby was sucking at its bottle. 婴儿在吮奶瓶。

词组suck dry 吸干

• suck a coconut dry 吸干椰子里的汁

suck in

1. 吸收；吸取

• suck air in between one's teeth 从牙缝间吸气

• suck in knowledge 吸取知识

2. 使卷入

• I don't want to get sucked in the quarrel. 我不想卷入这场争吵中。

3. 收缩

• The trumpeter's cheeks sucked in and out. 小号手的两颊一收一鼓。

4. 欺骗；捉弄

• He was sucked in by a crook. 他被狡猾的骗子捉弄了。

suck up to 非正式 巴结；奉承

• He sucked up to his boss by agreeing with everything his boss said. 他巴结老板，老板说什么他都同意。