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

• 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。
• 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？
• Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting.
  欧洲大型的淡水水蛭，曾用于放血。
• 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
• 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！
• 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。
• 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
• For the couple were introduced by Allen Leech, who plays chauffeur Tom Branson in Downton.
  这对儿是由《在唐顿庄园》里饰演司机TomBranson的艾伦里奇介绍认识的。
• His five-year old son stuck to him like a leech.
  他那五岁的儿子总缠着他。
• 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；