Leech
[ ['li:tʃ] ]
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n. 水蛭, 吸血鬼, 榨取他人利益的人\\nvt. 以水蛭吸血\\nvi. 依附并榨取别人
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
leech
n
1 small blood-sucking worm usu living in water and formerly used by doctors to remove blood from sick people 水蛭; 蚂蟥.
2 (fig derog 比喻, 贬) person who hangs about other people hoping to obtain money, food, alcohol, etc 依附於他人希望获得钱、 食物、 酒等的人.
3 (arch or joc 古或谑) doctor 医生.
4 (idm 习语) cling/stick to sb like a `leech stay very close to sb; be difficult for sb to get rid of 依附於某人; 纠缠某人不放.
🗣️ 情景例句
but to help with the paint job.
还要帮忙粉刷。
To minimize any possible damage, we've packed our goods in the way to suit for long sea-voyage.
为使损失减少到最低限度，我们对货物的包装足以承受长途海运。
It must have been a gas that could burn but that would not explode, a gas that did not smell strong, and a gas that did not kill people.
它一定是一种能够燃烧而不能爆炸的气体，一种味道不很强的而且不使人致死的气体。