leech

英 [liːtʃ]

美 [liːtʃ]

n.  水蛭; 蚂蟥; 依赖他人钱财者; 攫取他人收益者; 寄生虫
v.  用水蛭吸血; 依附并榨取

复数：leeches　现在分词：leeching　过去分词：leeched　过去式：leeched　第三人称单数：leeches　

Collins.1 / BNC.19877 / COCA.18653

牛津词典

noun

• 水蛭；蚂蟥
  a small worm that usually lives in water and that attaches itself to other creatures and sucks their blood. Leeches were used in the past by doctors to remove blood from sick people.
• 依赖他人钱财者；攫取他人收益者；寄生虫
  a person who depends on sb else for money, or takes the profit from sb else's work

柯林斯词典

• 水蛭；蚂蟥
  Aleechis a small animal which looks like a worm and lives in water. Leeches feed by attaching themselves to other animals and sucking their blood.
• N-COUNT 吸血鬼；寄生虫
  If you describe someone as aleech, you disapprove of them because they deliberately depend on other people, often making money out of them.
  1. They're just a bunch of leeches cadging off others!
     他们只不过是一帮伸手向人要这要那的寄生虫！

英英释义

noun

• carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
  Synonym:bloodsuckerhirudinean
• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
  Synonym:parasitespongesponger

verb

• draw blood
  1. In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment
  Synonym:bleedphlebotomizephlebotomise

双语例句

• The leech is described in a top10 list of new species.
  这种水蛭在十大新物种之列。
• This is the first time it has been demonstrated that antibiotics can leech into the water supply.
  这是首次证明抗菌素能渗入供水中。
• In the20th Century Leech Therapy went out of favor, but now we are in a new era.
  20世纪水治疗法不再走俏，但是现在我们在一个新的世纪里。
• They leech the fun out of dating.
  他们剥夺了约会的乐趣。
• Didn't I state plainly that a dash of leech juice would suffice?
  难道我没有明白地说，加入少许水蛭的汁液就够了吗？
• And this young man wrote the leech part in Motuo footing travel guide.
  他写了墨脱徒步攻略里关于蚂蝗的部分；
• They're just a bunch of leeches cadging off others!
  他们只不过是一帮伸手向人要这要那的寄生虫！
• The leech hangs about other people hoping to obtain money.
  那个吸血鬼依附于他人希望获得钱财。
• You wanna take a leech home as a pet?
  你要像养宠物那样带水蛭回家？
• My shy little sister clung to me like a leech all through the party.
  我那腼腆的小妹在聚会上寸步不离地跟着我。