gull
gull — noun
- gullsingular
- gullsplural
1. a grey, white, or black coastal bird with long wings, often seen flying over bea
a grey, white, or black coastal bird with long wings, often seen flying over beaches, harbours, and fishing boats
Wren pointed at a gull stealing chips from a bench by the beach.
gull + stealing food near the beach
A gull circled above the fishing boat until Hao threw a small crab back.
gull + circled above [boat]
The noisy gulls nested on the harbour roof beside Christopher's office window.
One young gull followed the ferry for miles across the grey water.
用法筆記
Often used for the familiar grey-and-white birds people notice around beaches, harbours, and rubbish bins. In careful bird writing, species names may be more specific.
2. a person who trusts too easily and is therefore simple to cheat
a person who trusts too easily and is therefore simple to cheat
The ticket scammer saw Eli as an easy gull and kept calling him.
easy gull = someone easy to cheat
No one wanted to be the gull who paid first for the fake trip.
After three online frauds, Beatriz felt ashamed of being such a gull.
The brothers treated Cyrus like a gull whenever they invented wild stories.
- dupe
more formal and often used in writing about deception
- sucker
more informal and often more insulting
- easy target
plain everyday phrase rather than a single noun
用法筆記
This sense is uncommon and somewhat literary or old-fashioned. In everyday speech, speakers more often use words such as sucker or easy target.
gull — verb
- gullpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gulls3rd person singular
- gulling-ing form
- gulledpast simple
1. to make someone believe something false so that you can cheat them or get them t
to make someone believe something false so that you can cheat them or get them to do something
A fake repair company gulled Padma into paying for work twice.
gull + noun + into + verb-ing
The seller gulled Rodrigo with photos of a clean apartment.
gull + noun + with [false evidence]
Cheap promises will not gull experienced farmers after last year's losses.
The website gulled hundreds of parents by offering tickets it never had.
- warn
to tell someone about the danger instead of misleading them
文法句型
gull + noun phrase
gull + noun phrase + into + verb-ing
用法筆記
More literary than everyday trick or fool. It often appears with into + verb-ing when the deception pushes someone toward an action.