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

• 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。
• Yes, you should be ashamed, and so should all of us, leeches with low skills and integrity sucking money from hard-earned cash.
  是的，你应该感到羞愧，而我们所有人技能低下、人品不佳，从人家辛苦钱中榨油的吸血鬼都应感到羞愧。
• 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。
• The next morning we set forth at first light, with leg guards to protect us from leeches.
  第二天清晨，曙色微明我们就出发了，大家都绑了护腿以防水蛭。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pond was full of leeches.
  池塘里满是水蛭。
• He was eaten by leeches.
  他是被食人水蛭吃掉的。
• 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。
• I still get a little squeamish around leeches.
  我对这些水蛭还是有些排斥。