英语词汇“leech”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

leech¹

(lēch)

1. Any of various chiefly aquatic carnivorous or bloodsucking annelid worms of the class (or subclass) Hirudinea, of which one species (Hirudo medicinalis) was formerly widely used by physicians for therapeutic bloodletting.

2. One that preys on or clings to another; a parasite.

3. Archaic A physician.

v. leeched, leech·ing, leech·es

v.tr.

1. To bleed with leeches.

2. To drain the essence or exhaust the resources of.

v.intr.

To attach oneself to another in the manner of a leech.

[Middle English leche, physician, leech, from Old English lǣce; see leg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	leech
释义	leech¹ (lēch) n. 1. Any of various chiefly aquatic carnivorous or bloodsucking annelid worms of the class (or subclass) Hirudinea, of which one species (Hirudo medicinalis) was formerly widely used by physicians for therapeutic bloodletting. 2. One that preys on or clings to another; a parasite. 3. Archaic A physician. v. leeched, leech·ing, leech·es v.tr. 1. To bleed with leeches. 2. To drain the essence or exhaust the resources of. v.intr. To attach oneself to another in the manner of a leech. [Middle English leche, physician, leech, from Old English lǣce; see leg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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