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
- 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。 - What are you a leech?
你是个水蛭吗？ - 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。 - This is the first time it has been demonstrated that antibiotics can leech into the water supply.
这是首次证明抗菌素能渗入供水中。 - 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。 - 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。 - The leech is described in a top10 list of new species.
这种水蛭在十大新物种之列。 - 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。 - Ellie stuck to her mother like a leech.
埃莉像水蛭一样缠住她母亲。 - 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