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sucking 音标拼音: [s'ʌkɪŋ] a. 吸奶的,授乳的,尚未断奶的,乳臭未干的 吸奶的,授乳的,尚未断奶的,乳臭未乾的 sucking n 1: the act of sucking [ synonym: { sucking}, { suck}, { suction}] Suck \ Suck\ ( s[ u^] k), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sucked} ( s[ u^] kt); p. pr. & vb. n. { Sucking}.] [ OE. suken, souken, AS. s[= u] can, s[= u] gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[= u] gan, Icel. s[= u] ga, sj[= u] ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. { Honeysuckle}, { Soak}, { Succulent}, { Suction}.] 1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from ( the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To draw or drain. [ 1913 Webster] Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. -- Thomson. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. [ 1913 Webster] As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { To suck in}, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb. { To suck out}, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction. { To suck up}, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction or absorption. [ 1913 Webster]
Sucking \ Suck" ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. [ 1913 Webster] I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster] { Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under { Bottle}. { Sucking fish} ( Zool.), the remora. See { Remora}. -- Baird. { Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under { Suction}. { Sucking stomach} ( Zool.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food. [ 1913 Webster]
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