leeches

英 [ˈliːtʃɪz]

美 [ˈlitʃɪz]

n.  水蛭; 蚂蟥; 依赖他人钱财者; 攫取他人收益者; 寄生虫
leech的第三人称单数和复数

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！

双语例句

• Sort of depends on where the leech leeches.
  得看水蛭叮哪了。
• She's telling you to hold still. she'll take the leeches off your back.
  她让你别动。她会把你背上的蚂蝗弄下来。
• Somewhere famed for the size and quantity of its tiger leeches.
  那里以吸血虫的体积和数量著称。
• These leeches, which were our inseparable companions during our sojourn in the Le country, seem to be peculiar to this part of the island.
  这些蚂蝗是我们在黎区逗留时形影不离的伙伴，它们似乎是海南岛特有的品种。
• Fact: in their pursuit of beauty, women in some ancient cultures used toxic chemicals, such as arsenic, lead, mercury, and leeches to make their faces paler.
  小常识：在人们追逐美丽的时候，有些古代文化中的女人使用有毒化学品，例如砒霜，铅，水银和水蛭来使她们的脸庞看上去白皙美丽。
• Or, perhaps, try bleeding him with leeches.
  或者对他试试水蛭吸血法。
• In yet another scenario, an increase in amphibian predators, such as fish, leeches or turtles, may create more deformities by biting off tadpole limbs.
  还有其他的状况，如鱼、蛭或乌龟，有可能咬掉蝌蚪的腿，造成更多种形态的损伤。
• From cow brains and human placenta creams to ice chambers and leeches, there's nothing celebrities won't try.
  从牛脑、胎盘膏到冰室疗法、水蛭疗法，没什么是他们不敢尝试的。
• So the leeches used to connect Paul to the alley.
  之前水蛭可以证明保罗在后巷。
• Leeches and mosquitoes are bloodsuckers.
  水蛭和蚊子都是吸血动物。