"young mammal before it is weaned," late 14c., agent noun from suck. Slang meaning "person who is easily deceived" is first attested 1836, American English, on notion of naivete; but another theory traces the slang meaning to the fish called a sucker (1753), on the notion of being easy to catch in their annual migrations (the fish so called from the shape of its mouth). As a type of candy from 1823; especially "lollipop" by 1907. Meaning "shoot from the base of a tree or plant" is from 1570s. Also the old name of inhabitants of Illinois.
sucker (v.)
"to deceive, to make a dupe of," 1939, from sucker (n.) in the related sense. Related: Suckered; suckering.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Keep giving us your money, sucker!
繼續(xù)把你的錢(qián)給我們，傻瓜！
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. I'm such a sucker for romance.
我對(duì)浪漫毫無(wú)招架之力。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. I've always been a sucker for men with green eyes.
我一向?qū)G眼睛男人著迷。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. It is becoming harder for the authorities to sucker healthy banks into taking over smaller ones.