leeches

英 [ˈliːtʃɪz]

美 [ˈlitʃɪz]

n.  水蛭; 蚂蟥; 依赖他人钱财者; 攫取他人收益者; 寄生虫
leech的第三人称单数和复数

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！

双语例句

• Please don't throw me to the leeches.
  求你别把我扔进水蛭群里。
• He struggled through the swamp, tormented by mosquitoes and leeches.
  他在蚊子和水蛭的骚扰下挣扎着走过了沼泽地。
• The leeches took my husband too.
  我丈夫也是被食人水蛭咬死的。
• Somewhere famed for the size and quantity of its tiger leeches.
  那里以吸血虫的体积和数量著称。
• Don't let these time leeches hobble your success.
  不要让这些垃圾时间妨碍你的成功。
• The usurers are leeches; they have drained us dry.
  高利贷者是吸血鬼，他们吸干了我们的血汗。
• Don't be one of the leeches, buy me a beer.
  别当伸手党，给我买杯啤酒吧。
• The kids clung to any passing person like leeches, demanding attention.
  孩子们像水蛭一样紧紧盯住每一个过往的人以受到注意。
• Leeches attach themselves to other creatures and suck their blood.
  它们寄生在别的生物体内，以吸食血液为生。
• From cow brains and human placenta creams to ice chambers and leeches, there's nothing celebrities won't try.
  从牛脑、胎盘膏到冰室疗法、水蛭疗法，没什么是他们不敢尝试的。