sucker

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suck·er1 /ˈsʌkə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] → succour

1 person 人 informalTRICK/DECEIVE someone who is easily tricked or persuaded to do something 容易上当受骗的人；傻瓜

You fell for that old line? Sucker!

你居然相信那种骗人的老话？傻瓜！

2 be a sucker for somebody/something informalLIKE somebody OR something to like someone or something very much, especially so that you cannot refuse them 对某人/某事物入迷，非常喜欢某人/某事物

I’m a total sucker for seafood.

我对海鲜来者不拒。

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be a sucker for somebody/something• He ordered catalogues from Philadelphia and was a sucker for any newly imported plants.• I enjoy movies but am a sucker for sad endings.• But he was a sucker for that gleam in her eye.• The hunter is a sucker for the hunted.• Anyway, the scientists found that the mice were suckers for poisoned tuna.• She was a sucker for his charm.• It all stunned Jack, who was a sucker for slick talk, and he bought me drinks for an hour.

3. part of an animal 动物身体的部位HBIHBA a part of an insect or of an animal’s body that it uses to hold on to a surface 吸盘

4. sweet 甜的 American EnglishAmEDFF a lollipop 棒棒糖

5. plant 植物HBP a part of a plant that grows from the root or lower stem to become a new plant 根出条，吸根〔从植物的根部或底部长出的新枝〕

6. rubber 橡胶DT a flat round piece of rubber that sticks to a surface by suction 橡皮吸盘

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sucker• I know I'm a sucker. I'll give $10 to anyone who tells me they're hungry or wants a cup of coffee.• If a man could tell the difference between the two parties he would make a sucker out of Solomon for wisdom.• Who isn't a sucker for the classic combination of pears, gorgonzola and walnuts, especially when the walnuts are caramelized.• I can't believe you sent them money - what a sucker!• Well-dressed suckers were pouring out of the upstairs theatre, barrelling down the rickety spiral staircase, skidding on the highly polished floor.• Each day is a new game, sucker, with mornings and midnights raked in by the dealer.• Tree frogs have suckers on their feet.• Individuals were not the only suckers in this depressing game.• Some poor suckers had paid more than three times what they should have for the tickets.• How much did that sucker cost you?• Institutions, of course, will be the suckers conned into spending the big money for all this equipment.• They also lie in wait and whip out an arm to seize the crab with their suckers.

sucker2 verb

1.sucker somebody into something phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmEPERSUADE to persuade someone to do something they do not want to do, especially by tricking them or lying to them 骗〔某人〕去做〔某事〕

suck·er1 nounsucker2 verb

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