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.- 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！
- They're just a bunch of leeches cadging off others!
英英释义
noun
- carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
verb
- draw blood
- In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - What are you a leech?
你是个水蛭吗？ - For the couple were introduced by Allen Leech, who plays chauffeur Tom Branson in Downton.
这对儿是由《在唐顿庄园》里饰演司机TomBranson的艾伦里奇介绍认识的。 - 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。 - Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting.
欧洲大型的淡水水蛭，曾用于放血。 - 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； - Sort of depends on where the leech leeches.
得看水蛭叮哪了。 - You ought to go to America – that's the place for a bloodsucking leech like you
你该到美国去，那儿才是你这种吸血鬼呆的地方 - The leech is described in a top10 list of new species.
这种水蛭在十大新物种之列。