leech

英 [liːtʃ] 美 [liːtʃ]

• n. 水蛭；榨取他人利益的人
• v. 以水蛭吸血

英英释义

Noun:

1. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

2. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

Verb:

1. draw blood;

   "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A leech is a small blood-sucking worm and usually lives in water.
   水蛭是一种小型吸血虫，通常生活在水中。
2. I reject the notion that any user is a freeloader or a leech.
   我拒绝任何用户都是一个揩油者或者占他人便宜者这种看法。
3. 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。

经典引文

• He left college, and..was still leeching on his father.

  出自： R. K. Narayan

词汇搭配

• stick like a leech 缠住不放(纠缠不休)...
• cling like a leech 盯住不放
• bite by leech 蛭食
• horse leech [医] 马蛭
• leech pocket 口袋
• medicinal leech 医用水蛭
• leech bite 马蟥咬伤, 马蜞啮人...
• leech dermatitis 水蛭皮炎
• artificial leech 人工水蛭
• leech onto 紧紧依附于

近反义词

【近义词】

• parasite 寄生虫
• sponge 海绵
• beggar 乞丐
• bloodsucker 吸血动物
• tick 滴答作响
• mosquito 蚊子
• vampire 吸血鬼
• sponger 使用海棉擦拭的人...
• bleed 流血
• phlebotomise 放血
• hirudinean [动]蛭纲
• phlebotomize 施行静脉切开手术...