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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sort of depends on where the leech leeches.
  得看水蛭叮哪了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Leeches and mosquitoes are bloodsuckers.
  水蛭和蚊子都是吸血动物。