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。
- a flock of gulls
- gulls circle overhead
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。
- an easy gull
- 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。
- gull someone into paying
- gull the public
- 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.