Signification visuelle de 'sucker'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

noun

Tétant, jeune mammifère

A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.

"The baby suckler was happily nursing at its mother's breast. "

Le jeune mammifère tétait joyeusement le sein de sa mère.

animal body physiology person

Illustration visuelle de sucker: Rejet, gourmand - Image 1

noun

Rejet, gourmand

An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.

"The rose bush had a small sucker growing from its base, which needed to be removed to prevent it from taking nutrients away from the main plant. "

Le rosier avait un petit rejet qui poussait à sa base, qu'il fallait supprimer pour éviter qu'il ne prenne des nutriments à la plante principale.

plant agriculture biology nature part

Illustration visuelle de sucker: Parasite, profiteur - Image 1

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Parasite, profiteur

(by extension) A parasite; a sponger.

"The new student was a sucker, always asking others for help with their homework. "

Le nouvel étudiant était un parasite, demandant toujours de l'aide aux autres pour leurs devoirs.

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Illustration visuelle de sucker: Ventouse - Image 1

noun

Ventouse

An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.

"The octopus used its sucker to firmly grip the glass wall of the aquarium. "

La pieuvre a utilisé sa ventouse pour s'agripper fermement à la paroi de verre de l'aquarium.

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Illustration visuelle de sucker: Suceur - Image 1

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Suceur

A thing that works by sucking something.

"The vacuum cleaner's strong sucker easily picked up the crumbs on the floor. "

Le puissant suceur de l'aspirateur a facilement ramassé les miettes sur le sol.

thing device machine

noun

Le piston, la soupape d'une pompe

The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.

"The pump's sucker was broken, so the water wouldn't come up into the bucket. "

Le piston de la pompe était cassé, donc l'eau ne remontait pas dans le seau.

machine technical part device

Illustration visuelle de sucker: Tuyau d'aspiration - Image 1

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Tuyau d'aspiration

A pipe through which anything is drawn.

"The aquarium used a long sucker to remove dirt from the bottom of the tank. "

L'aquarium utilisait un long tuyau d'aspiration pour enlever la saleté du fond du réservoir.

device utensil utility

noun

Ventouse

A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.

"The children used their suckers to lift small rocks in the park. "

Les enfants utilisaient leurs ventouses pour soulever de petits cailloux dans le parc.

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Ventouse

A suction cup.

"The little boy used a sucker to hang his drawing on the refrigerator door. "

Le petit garçon a utilisé une ventouse pour accrocher son dessin sur la porte du réfrigérateur.

thing device

noun

Ventouse

An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.

"The remora, a type of suckerfish, attached itself to the underside of the boat. "

Le rémora, un type de poisson-ventouse, s'est fixé sous le bateau.

animal biology organism anatomy

Illustration visuelle de sucker: Meunier - Image 1

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Meunier

Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments.

"The biologist carefully examined the sucker, noting its distinctive downward-facing mouth adapted for feeding on river bottom mud. "

Le biologiste a examiné attentivement le meunier, notant sa bouche distinctive orientée vers le bas, adaptée pour se nourrir de la boue du fond de la rivière.

fish animal biology

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Sucette

A lollipop; a piece of candy which is sucked.

"The little girl enjoyed her strawberry sucker after her doctor's appointment. "

La petite fille a apprécié sa sucette à la fraise après son rendez-vous chez le médecin.

food item

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Buveur, soiffard

A hard drinker.

"My uncle's known as a real sucker; he can drink a whole case of beer in one evening. "

Mon oncle est connu comme un vrai soiffard ; il peut boire une caisse entière de bière en une soirée.

drink person

noun

Habitant de l'Illinois

An inhabitant of Illinois.

"My cousin, a proud sucker, is planning to move to Illinois for college next year. "

Mon cousin, un fier habitant de l'Illinois, prévoit de déménager en Illinois pour l'université l'année prochaine.

person place

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Mineur de plomb migrant (dans la région de Driftless)

A migrant lead miner working in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois, southwest Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa, working in summer and leaving for winter, so named because of the similarity to the migratory patterns of the North American Catostomidae.

"During the summer months, the small town bustled with activity as "suckers" arrived to work in the lead mines, hoping to earn enough to sustain themselves through the harsh winter. "

Pendant les mois d'été, la petite ville s'animait alors que les « mineurs de plomb » arrivaient pour travailler dans les mines de plomb, espérant gagner assez pour subvenir à leurs besoins pendant le rude hiver.

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