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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.
    1. 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

    • Fact: in their pursuit of beauty, women in some ancient cultures used toxic chemicals, such as arsenic, lead, mercury, and leeches to make their faces paler.
      小常识:在人们追逐美丽的时候,有些古代文化中的女人使用有毒化学品,例如***,铅,水银和水蛭来使她们的脸庞看上去白皙美丽。
    • She's telling you to hold still. she'll take the leeches off your back.
      她让你别动。她会把你背上的蚂蝗弄下来。
    • The leeches took my husband too.
      我丈夫也是被食人水蛭咬死的。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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!
    • What if economics is, actually, at the same level as medicine was when doctors still believed in the application of leeches?
      如果经济学目前的水平实际上与医生信奉用水蛭放血时的医学水平相当,那该怎么办?
    • The pond was full of leeches.
      池塘里满是水蛭。
    • Broussais was the first physician to use leeches as a cure-all.
      布鲁赛是第一个把水蛭当成万灵药的医生。