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.- 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！
- They're just a bunch of leeches cadging off others!
英英释义
noun
- carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
verb
- draw blood
- In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment
双语例句
- 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting.
欧洲大型的淡水水蛭，曾用于放血。 - 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； - 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。 - The leech is described in a top10 list of new species.
这种水蛭在十大新物种之列。 - Objective: To study the effects of Decoction of leech and peach kernel on mice with liver fibrosis and investigate the possible mechanisms in protection of liver fibrosis.
目的：观察水蛭桃仁汤对血吸虫病的小鼠肝纤维化的影响，并探讨其对肝纤维化的逆转作用及其作用机制。 - 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？ - The leech hangs about other people hoping to obtain money.
那个吸血鬼依附于他人希望获得钱财。