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

• What are you a leech?
  你是个水蛭吗？
• The leech is described in a top10 list of new species.
  这种水蛭在十大新物种之列。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• They leech the fun out of dating.
  他们剥夺了约会的乐趣。
• 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。