suck
verb uk/sʌk/ us/sʌk/
(PULL IN)
C2 [ I or T ]吸;吮吸;咂，啜
to pull in liquid or air through your mouth without using your teeth, or to move the tongue and muscles of the mouth around something inside your mouth, often in order to dissolve it
She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw. 她坐在草地上，用吸管吸着柠檬汁。
I sucked my thumb until I was seven. 我一直到7岁才不再吮大拇指了。
I tried sucking (on) a mint to stop myself coughing. 我试着咂一块薄荷糖来止咳。
[ T + adv/prep ]吸，抽吸;使卷入
Something that sucks a liquid or an object in a particular direction pulls it with great force.
The waves came crashing over my head and I could feel myself being sucked under by the currents. 海浪袭来，打在我的头顶上，我能感觉到自己被水流吞噬了。
figurative Continued rapid growth in consumer spending will suck in (= encourage) more imports. 消费支出的持续迅速增长将会刺激进口。
- More examples
- She bought a packet of sweets to suck on the journey.
- Stop sucking your thumb!
- She was very noisily sucking sweets in the back of the car.
- People often suck a peppermint as a breath freshener.
- I was sucked into a vortex of despair.
(BE BAD)
[ I ] mainly US slang显得糟糕;令人厌恶
If someone or something sucks, that person or thing is bad or unpleasant.
Man, this job sucks! 嗨，这工作太糟了！
While my brother was sick, I had to do all of his chores and it sucked. 我弟弟生病时，他所有的杂事都得我来做，太讨厌了。
Idioms
suck someone/something dryidiom (also suck the life out of someone/something) 把（某人或物）吸干;榨干（某人或物的）价值
to remove all useful, valuable qualities or possessions from a person, thing, or place
That firm sucks its new programmers dry after five years and then fires them. 过五年，等到那个公司吸干了新程序员的才华以后就会解雇他们。
Big cities suck the surrounding towns dry of local talent. 大城市吸干了周围城市的本地人才。
Out-of-town stores have sucked the life out of the city centre. 城外的店铺让市中心失去了活力。
sucking dieselidiom Australian English slang 感觉良好
feeling good
"How are you this morning?" "Sucking diesel, mate, sucking diesel." “你今天早上怎么样？”“感觉好极了，伙计，感觉好极了！”
suck it and seeidiom UK informal 试试看，姑且一试
to try something to find out if it will be successful
I'm not sure whether this paint is the right colour for the bedroom - we'll just have to suck it and see. 我不确定这种油漆的颜色是否适合卧室——我们试试看吧。
Phrasal verbs
suck something in 收缩（腹部或面部肌肉，尤指为了显示身体较瘦）
to pull the muscles of your stomach or cheeks inwards, especially to try to make yourself appear thinner
I walked past them in my swimming costume, sucking my tummy in as hard as I could. 穿着泳装在他们身边走过时，我尽全力吸住肚子。
suck someone/something in/suck someone/something into something 将…卷入（不快处境或坏事中）
to cause someone or something to gradually become involved in an unpleasant situation or harmful activity
I really don't to get involved in this argument, but I can feel myself being sucked into it. 我根本就不想与整个争论有任何瓜葛，不过我能感觉到自己被牵扯了进去。
suck someone off 对（某人）行口淫
to use the tongue, lips, and mouth on someone's sexual organs to give them pleasure
suck up to someone 奉承，巴结（某人）;拍（某人）马屁
to try to make someone in authority approve of you by doing and saying things that will please them
"Why do you think he offered to take all that work home?" "Oh, he's just sucking up to the boss." “你认为他为什么主动提出把那些工作都带回家做?”“哦，他只不过是为了讨好老板。”
suck
noun [ C usually singular ] uk/sʌk/ us/sʌk/
吸;吮吸;啜
the action of sucking something
Can I have a suck of your lollipop, please? 我能舔一舔你的棒棒糖吗？