suck

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  • vt. 吸吮;吸取
  • vi. 吸吮;糟糕;巴结
  • n. 吮吸
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词族 · suck

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中文词源

suck 吮吸,吸食,吸吮,抽吸,吸取

来自古英语 sucian,吮吸,来自 Proto-Germanic*sukana,吮吸,来自 PIE*sug,吸,来自 PIE*seue, 汁液,液体,词源同 soak,soup.引申诸相关词义。

英语词源

suck
suck: [OE] Suck is part of a widespread Indo- European family of ‘suck’-words which go back to the base *seug-, *seuk-. This no doubt originated in imitation of the sound of sucking from the mother’s breast. Amongst its relatives are Latin sūgere (whose past participle sūctus gave English suction [17]), Welsh sugno, German saugen, Dutch zuigen, Swedish suga, and Danish suge. Suckle [15] was probably a back-formation from suckling [13], itself a derivative of suck.

Also from suck comes sucker [14], which originally denoted a ‘baby still at the breast’; its use for a ‘gullible person’ (that is, someone as naive as an unweaned child) originated in American English in the early 19th century.

=> suction, suckle
suck (v.)
Old English sucan "to suck," from a Germanic root of imitative origin (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German sugan, Old Norse suga, Danish suge, Swedish suga, Middle Dutch sughen, Dutch zuigen, German saugen "to suck"), possibly from the same source as Latin sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" Old Irish sugim, Welsh sugno "to suck;" see sup (v.2). As a noun from c. 1300.

Meaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible" first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Related: Sucked; sucking. Suck eggs is from 1906. Suck hind tit "be inferior" is American English slang first recorded 1940.
The old, old saying that the runt pig always sucks the hind teat is not so far wrong, as it quite approximates the condition that exists. ["The Chester White Journal," April 1921]

权威例句

1. They suck you in to their seedy world.
他们把你卷入他们肮脏糜烂的圈子里。
2. to suck the juice from an orange
吸橙子的汁
3. Then the pumps suck them up into the boats.
然后唧筒把他们吸到船上.
4. It's good to suck in such clean fresh air for a change.
换个环境,吸点清新空气,真是好极了.
5. Bees suck honey from flowers.
蜜蜂从花中吸吮蜜汁.

词语辨析

【incorporate, absorb, suck, digest】
这组词都有“吸收”的意思,其区别是:
incorporate: 指一物或多物与它物相融合,形成一整体。
absorb: 普通用词,词义广泛,既可指吸收光、热、液体等具体东西,又可指吸收知识等抽象概念的东西。
suck: 作“吸收”解时,可与absorb换用,但还可有“吮吸”之意。
digest: 侧重在消化道内改变食物的化学结构后被人体吸收。

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