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

• They leech the fun out of dating.
  他们剥夺了约会的乐趣。
• Ellie stuck to her mother like a leech.
  埃莉像水蛭一样缠住她母亲。
• This paper summarized the research of Luehdorfia chinensis Leech, including Systematic Position, Biological Characteristics, Feeding and Protection.
  本文从分类地位、生物学特性、取食和保护等几方面，对中华虎凤蝶研究进展作了综述。
• These days, however, the banking industry is regarded more as a leech.
  然而，最近，银行业更多地被视为吸血鬼。
• Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting.
  欧洲大型的淡水水蛭，曾用于放血。
• And scientists say they've found a new animal species-a leech with razor-sharp teeth in the nose of a girl in a remote region of Peru.
  科学家们说他们发现了一个新的动物物种&在秘鲁偏远地区一个小女孩的鼻子内发现了有着锋利牙齿的水蛭。
• 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？
• It was horrible. a giant leech got me.
  好可怕，我被一条大水蛭缠上。
• 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。
• He's fastening on that poor girl like a leech.
  他像蚂蟥一样缠着那个可怜的姑娘。