suck 1 S3 / sʌk / 动词

1 [不及物和及物动词] to take air, liquid etc into your mouth by making your lips form a small hole and using the muscles of your mouth to pull it in

suck something in

Michael put the cigarette to his lips and sucked in the smoke.

suck at

a baby sucking at its mother’s breast

suck something up

Jennie sucked up the last bit of milk shake with her straw.

2 [不及物和及物动词] to hold something in your mouth and pull on it with your tongue and lips :

Don’t suck your thumb, dear.

suck on

a picture of Lara sucking on a lollipop

3 [及物动词] to pull someone or something with great power and force into or out of a particular place

suck something into something

A bird was sucked into one of the jet’s engines.

suck somebody/something under/down

The river sucked him under.

suck something out of/from something

The fluid was sucked from his lungs.

4 something sucks spoken not polite used when you dislike something very much or think something is very bad :

If you ask me, the whole thing sucks.

5 suck it and see British English informal to use something or do something for a short time, to find out if it works, if you like it etc

be sucked in ( also be sucked into something ) 短语动词

to become involved in a situation, especially a bad situation, when you do not want to :

The US has no intention of getting sucked into another war in Europe.

suck up 短语动词 informal

to say or do a lot of nice things in order to make someone like you or to get what you want – used to show disapproval

suck up to

He’s always sucking up to the boss.