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

• So the leeches used to connect Paul to the alley.
  之前水蛭可以证明保罗在后巷。
• He was eaten by leeches.
  他是被食人水蛭吃掉的。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• We put leeches on your face.
  我们要把水蛭放到你脸上。
• He struggled through the swamp, tormented by mosquitoes and leeches.
  他在蚊子和水蛭的骚扰下挣扎着走过了沼泽地。
• Leeches and mosquitoes are bloodsuckers.
  水蛭和蚊子都是吸血动物。
• The next morning we set forth at first light, with leg guards to protect us from leeches.
  第二天清晨，曙色微明我们就出发了，大家都绑了护腿以防水蛭。
• The leeches took my husband too.
  我丈夫也是被食人水蛭咬死的。