Dictionary entry
Suffixes
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfɪks/
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌfɪks/
Myanmar Meaning
(n[pl]) နောက်ဆက်များ
Definition
suck /sʌk/ v ၁။ (က) စုပ္သည္။ စုပ္ထုတ္သည္။ စို႔သည္။ 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) စုပ္ယူသည္။ စုပ္ထုတ္သည္။ plants that suck (up) moisture from the soil ❍ The pump sucks air out through this valve. ၂။ ~ (away) (at/on sth) စို႔သည္။ စုပ္သည္။ The baby sucked (away) at its bottle. ❍ The old man was sucking at his pipe. ၃။ စုပ္သည္။ suck a toffee ❍ I used to suck my thumb as a child. ၄။ စုပ္သည္။ စုပ္ယူသည္။ The canoe was sucked (down) into the whirlpool. ❍ Dangerous currents can suck swimmers under. n စုပ္ျခင္း။ စုပ္ယူျခင္း။ have/take a suck (at sth). ❏ suck sb in / into sth [ PHRV ] (usu passive) ပါဝင္ ပတ္သက္သည္။ I don't want to get sucked into the debate about school reform. ❏ suck up (to sb) [ PHRV ] ( infml derog ) ေဖာ္လံဖားသည္။ ဖားသည္။ She's always sucking up to the teacher.
Examples
- 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.