"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.
雙語例句
1. Keep giving us your money, sucker!
繼續(xù)把你的錢給我們，傻瓜！
來自柯林斯例句
2. I'm such a sucker for romance.
我對浪漫毫無招架之力。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I've always been a sucker for men with green eyes.
我一向對綠眼睛男人著迷。
來自《權威詞典》
4. It is becoming harder for the authorities to sucker healthy banks into taking over smaller ones.
當局要想哄騙經(jīng)營狀況良好的銀行接管小銀行是越來越難了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. If you tell those folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if you sucker them, they'll vote for you twice over.