suck

/sʌk/

意味: 吸うこと、吸引

例文: Momo gave the straw a loud suck.
　　  モモはストローを大きな音で吸った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: suck up (吸い上げる), suck out (吸い出す), suck in (吸い込む)

定義: 口で何かを吸い込むことや、口を使って液体を引き出すことを指します。また、何かが良くない、または不快であることを表現するためにも使われます。

suckは約40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the act of sucking
Verb: draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
Verb: draw something in by or as if by a vacuum
Verb: attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
Verb: be inadequate or objectionable
Verb: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
Verb: take in, also metaphorically
Verb: give suck to

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: suck the poison from the place where the snake bit
Verb: suck on a straw
Verb: the baby sucked on the mother’s breast
Verb: Mud was sucking at her feet
Verb: The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad
Verb: this sucks!
Verb: The sponge absorbs water well
Verb: She drew strength from the minister’s words
Verb: The wetnurse suckled the infant
Verb: You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): absorb, blow, breastfeed, draw, fellate, give suck, go down on, imbibe, lactate, nurse, soak up, sop up, suck, suck in, suck up, sucking, suckle, suction, take in, take up, wet-nurse

Antonyms(反意語): bottlefeed

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): absorb, be, consumption, draw, drink, feed, stimulate

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accept, account, account for, act, answer, appear, bake, balance, be well, beat, begin, belong, bottlefeed, breakfast, breastfeed, breathe, buy, clean, cohere, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, corn, cost, count, cover, crop, cut, cut across, deck, deglycerolize, depend, deserve, dine, disagree, disgust, distribute, diverge, drain the cup, draw, drinking, eating, end, fall, feel, fellate, figure, fit, fodder, force-feed, gape, go, gravitate, guggle, gulp, guzzle, hail, hang, head, hold, hoodoo, horripilate, hum, impend, incarnate, inject, iridesce, jumble, kill, lap, lend, let go, lie, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, lunch, make, make sense, masturbate, measure, milk, mope, nutrify, object, osculate, overfeed, owe, pay, point, press, promise, prove, pump, put out, rack, rage, range, rank, rate, recognize, regurgitate, relate, remain, represent, rest, retard, run, run into, rut, scavenge, seem, seethe, sell, shine, sip, siphon, slop, sluice, sparkle, specify, spoonfeed, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stink, subtend, suck, sucking, suffer, suit, swallow, swill, swim, swing, tap, tend, test, thrill, toss off, total, translate, transplant, trim, underlie, undernourish, want, wash, whet, wind, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): blot, sponge up, wipe up

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: absorber, absorption, fellation, imbiber, lactation, nurse, nursery, nursing, suck, sucker, sucking, suction, suctorial

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative