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

• So the leeches used to connect Paul to the alley.
  之前水蛭可以证明保罗在后巷。
• He was eaten by leeches.
  他是被食人水蛭吃掉的。
• These leeches, which were our inseparable companions during our sojourn in the Le country, seem to be peculiar to this part of the island.
  这些蚂蝗是我们在黎区逗留时形影不离的伙伴，它们似乎是海南岛特有的品种。
• That is why so many priests and monks and leeches have died.
  这就是为什么很多神父、修道士、医生都死了。
• And near that rock is where the leeches attacked.
  食人水蛭就在那个岩石附近袭击我们。
• 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。
• We put leeches on your face.
  我们要把水蛭放到你脸上。
• Please don't throw me to the leeches.
  求你别把我扔进水蛭群里。
• Or, perhaps, try bleeding him with leeches.
  或者对他试试水蛭吸血法。
• Antibiotics replace leeches, carriages become more expensive, computers become more powerful, and the service from a call-centre deteriorates.
  抗生素取代了蚂蟥，马车价格变得更贵，计算机变得更强大，而呼叫中心的服务却恶化了。