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 overwintering stage of Parocneria furva ( Leech) in Hengyang, Hunan Province, is reported and its overwintering stages in other areas of China are discussed.
  记述了侧柏毒蛾在湖南省衡阳地区的越冬虫态，并对该虫在我国其他地区的越冬虫态进行了探讨。
• You wanna take a leech home as a pet?
  你要像养宠物那样带水蛭回家？
• Leech and White Peony Decoction Treat Refractory Pain after Full-knee Substitution
  水蛭白芍汤治疗全膝置换术后顽固性疼痛疗效观察
• 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。
• Which kind of leech ( leech) can be a bloodletting treat.
  哪种水蛭（蚂蝗）可以作为放血治疗。
• 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！
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。