gull
gull — 名詞
- gullsingular
- gullsplural
1. a grey, white, or black coastal bird with long wings, often seen flying over bea
海鷗
常見於海邊的鷗科鳥
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.
Wren 指著一隻正在海邊長椅旁偷薯條的海鷗。
gull + stealing food near the beach
A gull circled above the fishing boat until Hao threw a small crab back.
Hao 把一隻小螃蟹丟回海裡之前，一隻海鷗一直在漁船上方盤旋。
gull + circled above [boat]
The noisy gulls nested on the harbour roof beside Christopher's office window.
那些吵鬧的海鷗在 Christopher 辦公室窗邊的港口屋頂上築巢。
One young gull followed the ferry for miles across the grey water.
一隻年輕的海鷗沿著灰色海面跟著渡輪飛了好幾哩。
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
易上當者
容易被騙或利用的人
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.
那個票券騙子把 Eli 看成容易上當的人，所以一直打電話給他。
easy gull = someone easy to cheat
No one wanted to be the gull who paid first for the fake trip.
沒有人想當那個先為假旅行付錢的易上當者。
After three online frauds, Beatriz felt ashamed of being such a gull.
在三次網路詐騙之後，Beatriz 為自己竟是這樣容易上當的人而感到羞愧。
The brothers treated Cyrus like a gull whenever they invented wild stories.
那對兄弟每次編出離譜故事時，都把 Cyrus 當成好騙的人。
- 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 — 動詞
- 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
欺騙；蒙騙
用假話或假象哄人上當
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.
一家假維修公司蒙騙 Padma，讓她為同一份工作付了兩次錢。
gull + noun + into + verb-ing
The seller gulled Rodrigo with photos of a clean apartment.
那個賣家用幾張乾淨公寓的照片蒙騙了 Rodrigo。
gull + noun + with [false evidence]
Cheap promises will not gull experienced farmers after last year's losses.
去年的損失之後，廉價的承諾已經騙不了有經驗的農夫了。
The website gulled hundreds of parents by offering tickets it never had.
那個網站用根本沒有的票券來蒙騙數百名家長。
- 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.