sucker
英 ['sʌkə]
美 ['sʌkɚ]
- n. 吸管；乳兒；易受騙的人
- vi. 成為吸根；長出根出條
- vt. 從……除去吸根
- n. (Sucker)人名；(德)祖克爾
中文詞源
sucker 吸盤suck,抽吸，-er,表物。引申詞義吸盤。
英文詞源
- sucker (n.)
- "young mammal before it is weaned," late 14c., agent noun from suck. Slang meaning "person who is easily deceived" is first attested 1836, American English, on notion of naivete; but another theory traces the slang meaning to the fish called a sucker (1753), on the notion of being easy to catch in their annual migrations (the fish so called from the shape of its mouth). As a type of candy from 1823; especially "lollipop" by 1907. Meaning "shoot from the base of a tree or plant" is from 1570s. Also the old name of inhabitants of Illinois.
- sucker (v.)
- "to deceive, to make a dupe of," 1939, from sucker (n.) in the related sense. Related: Suckered; suckering.
雙語例句
- 1. Keep giving us your money, sucker!
- 繼續把你的錢給我們，傻瓜！
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'm such a sucker for romance.
- 我對浪漫毫無招架之力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I've always been a sucker for men with green eyes.
- 我一向對綠眼睛男人著迷。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. It is becoming harder for the authorities to sucker healthy banks into taking over smaller ones.
- 當局要想哄騙經營狀況良好的銀行接管小銀行是越來越難了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. If you tell those folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if you sucker them, they'll vote for you twice over.
- 如果你告訴這些人實情，他們是不會選你的。但是如果你耍點兒伎倆，他們會不止一次推舉你。
來自柯林斯例句