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

• Effect of Leech Capsule on stability of carotid plaque and expression of platelet membrane glycoprotein
  水蛭胶囊对颈动脉斑块稳定性及血小板膜糖蛋白分子表达的影响
• 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。
• Which kind of leech ( leech) can be a bloodletting treat.
  哪种水蛭（蚂蝗）可以作为放血治疗。
• It was horrible. a giant leech got me.
  好可怕，我被一条大水蛭缠上。
• 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；
• You wanna take a leech home as a pet?
  你要像养宠物那样带水蛭回家？
• 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
• 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。
• 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！
• Jimmy leech, no one could run like you in school races.
  吉米利查，在校田径赛中没有人跑得像你一样快。