| [/ˈsʌkə(r); ˋsʌkɚ/] n 用法:
1 (a) organ of certain animals that enables them to stick to a surface by suction （某些动物的）吸盘:
An octopus has suckers on its tentacles 章鱼的腕足上有吸盘.
(b) concave (usu rubber) disc that sticks to a surface by suction, and is used eg to attach things to a wall 凹面吸盘（通常用橡胶制成, 可藉吸力附著於平面上, 如用以将物件固著於墙上）. 用法:
2 shoot growing from the roots of a tree, shrub, etc 从树等的根部长出的新枝; 根出条. 用法:
3 (infml) person who is easily deceived 容易受骗的人:
all the suckers who bought these worthless shares 购买这些不值钱的股票的那群外行. 用法:
4 ~ for sb/sth (infml) person who cannot resist sb/sth or is very fond of sb/sth 抵挡不住某人[某事物]的人; 极喜爱某人[某事物]的人:
I've always been a sucker for romantic movies. 我一向非常喜欢传奇性的影片. |