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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The kids clung to any passing person like leeches, demanding attention.
  孩子们像水蛭一样紧紧盯住每一个过往的人以受到注意。
• Leeches and mosquitoes are bloodsuckers.
  水蛭和蚊子都是吸血动物。
• The leeches took my husband too.
  我丈夫也是被食人水蛭咬死的。