leeches是什么意思？

leeches

英[lɪtʃs] 美[lɪtʃs]

• n. 水蛭( leech的名词复数 )，蚂蟥，榨取他人脂膏者，医生；

例句

• 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 biggest export market for the Center's leeches is France. 该中心最大的出口市场是法国.
• So you're saying paul brought those leeches into the alley? 你认为是保罗把水蛭带到巷子里?
• 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.
• 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！

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  水蛭；蚂蟥
  A leech is 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 a leech, you disapprove of them because they deliberately depend on other people, often making money out of them.
  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！