suction
suction
noun
noun
- [mass noun]the production of a partial vacuum by the removal of air in order to force fluid into a vacant space or procure adhesion
吸；抽吸；抽气
- [with obj. and adverbial of direction]remove (something) using suction
吸出
physicians used a tube to suction out the gallstones.
医生用一根管子吸出胆结石。
- early 17th cent.: from late Latin suctio(n-). from Latin sugere 'suck'
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