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

• Don't be one of the leeches, buy me a beer.
  别当伸手党，给我买杯啤酒吧。
• He struggled through the swamp, tormented by mosquitoes and leeches.
  他在蚊子和水蛭的骚扰下挣扎着走过了沼泽地。
• 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。
• Don't let these time leeches hobble your success.
  不要让这些垃圾时间妨碍你的成功。
• Leeches and mosquitoes are bloodsuckers.
  水蛭和蚊子都是吸血动物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I still get a little squeamish around leeches.
  我对这些水蛭还是有些排斥。
• 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！