suck
/sʌk/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short u vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> suck
(v) စုပ်
suck /sʌk/ v
၁။ (က) စုပ်သည်။ စုပ်ထုတ်သည်။ စို့သည်။ suck the juice from an orange ❍ suck milk through a straw ❍ suck the poison out (of a wound) ❍ a baby sucking its mother's breast ❍ suck an orange dry. (ခ) စုပ်ယူသည်။ စုပ်ထုတ်သည်။ plants that suck (up) moisture from the soil ❍ The pump sucks air out through this valve.
၂။ ~ (away) (at/on sth) စို့သည်။ စုပ်သည်။ The baby sucked (away) at its bottle. ❍ The old man was sucking at his pipe.
၃။ စုပ်သည်။ suck a toffee ❍ I used to suck my thumb as a child.
၄။ စုပ်သည်။ စုပ်ယူသည်။ The canoe was sucked (down) into the whirlpool. ❍ Dangerous currents can suck swimmers under.
n စုပ်ခြင်း။ စုပ်ယူခြင်း။ have/take a suck (at sth).
❏ suck sb in / into sth [PHRV ] (usu passive) ပါဝင် ပတ်သက်သည်။ I don't want to get sucked into the debate about school reform.
❏ suck up (to sb) [PHRV ] (infml derog ) ဖော်လံဖားသည်။ ဖားသည်။ She's always sucking up to the teacher.
- After the accident, I could only suck liquids through a straw.
- [suck at] : A baby sucking at the breast
- [suck on] : She sucked on a sweet and stared at us.
- [suck your thumb] : I sucked my thumb until I was five.
- [suck in] : He sucked in a lungful of air, then jumped into the pool.
- [suck on] : Christine sucked on her cigarette.
- The fan sucks air in through one vent and pushes it out through the other.
- The current nearly sucked us under the water.
- This gigantic military effort was sucking all the strength out of the economy.
- If your job really sucks, leave it.
- ‘My mum says I have to clean the garage.’ ‘That sucks.’
- Sucks to be you, Cory and Topanga, I’ve got something so much better AND it’s real.
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