1. | [t] ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) 吮吸；吸；咂；啜to take liquid, air, etc. into your mouth by using the muscles of your lips |
to suck the juice from an orange 吸橙子的汁 | |
She was noisily sucking up milk through a straw. 她正用吸管咕嘟咕嘟地喝牛奶。 |
2. | [i][t] 含在嘴里吸食to keep sth in your mouth and pull on it with your lips and tongue |
The baby sucked at its mother's breast. 婴儿在吮吸母亲的奶。 | |
She sucked on a mint. 她嘴里咂着一颗薄荷糖。 | |
She sucked a mint. 她嘴里咂着一颗薄荷糖。 | |
Stop sucking your thumb! 别吮手指头！ |
3. | [t] 抽吸；抽取to take liquid, air, etc. out of sth |
The pump sucks air out through the valve. 气泵通过阀门把空气抽出去。 | |
Greenfly can literally suck a plant dry. 蚜虫真能把一株植物吸干。 |
4. | [t] ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. （以巨大的力量）吸，吸引，使卷入to pull sb/sth with great force in a particular direction |
The canoe was sucked down into the whirlpool. 划艇被卷进了漩涡。 |
5. | [i] （表示厌恶）臭，恶心used to say that sth is very bad |
Their new CD sucks. 他们新出的唱片难听死了。 |
