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 leech is described in a top10 list of new species.
  这种水蛭在十大新物种之列。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• They leech the fun out of dating.
  他们剥夺了约会的乐趣。
• Season 3 kicks off just two months after the proposal, with the Crawleys including Matthew, left, and in-law Branson ( Allen Leech) preparing for the grand celebration.
  在订婚后仅仅两个月第三季就开拍了，和克劳利一家包括马修（左）和姻亲布兰森（AllenLeech）准备盛大的庆典。
• Sort of depends on where the leech leeches.
  得看水蛭叮哪了。
• 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。