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

• 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。
• The pond was full of leeches.
  池塘里满是水蛭。
• In yet another scenario, an increase in amphibian predators, such as fish, leeches or turtles, may create more deformities by biting off tadpole limbs.
  还有其他的状况，如鱼、蛭或乌龟，有可能咬掉蝌蚪的腿，造成更多种形态的损伤。
• 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。
• 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？
• Don't be one of the leeches, buy me a beer.
  别当伸手党，给我买杯啤酒吧。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。