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。
• I still get a little squeamish around leeches.
  我对这些水蛭还是有些排斥。
• We put leeches on your face.
  我们要把水蛭放到你脸上。
• Or, perhaps, try bleeding him with leeches.
  或者对他试试水蛭吸血法。
• The leeches took my husband too.
  我丈夫也是被食人水蛭咬死的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sort of depends on where the leech leeches.
  得看水蛭叮哪了。
• 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？