leech

US [litʃ]
UK [liːtʃ]
  • n.吸血鬼；蚂蟥；下风缘；后缘
  • v.用水蛭吸血；榨取干净
  • Web利奇；蚂蝗；语言学家利奇
Plural Form：leeches  

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Leech
n.
1.
水蛭；蚂蟥a small worm that usually lives in water and that attaches itself to other creatures and sucks their blood. Leeches were used in the past by doctors to remove blood from sick people.
2.
依赖他人钱财者；攫取他人收益者；寄生虫a person who depends on sb else for money, or takes the profit from sb else's work

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AllAll,吸血鬼吸血鬼,蚂蟥蚂蟥,下风缘下风缘,后缘后缘,用水蛭吸血用水蛭吸血,榨取干净榨取干净,利奇利奇,蚂蝗蚂蝗,语言学家利奇语言学家利奇
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1.
And scientists say they've found a new animal species - a leech with razor-sharp teeth in the nose of a girl in a remote region of Peru.
科学家们说他们发现了一个新的动物物种——在秘鲁偏远地区一个小女孩的鼻子内发现了有着锋利牙齿的水蛭。
kē xué jiā men shuō tā men fā xiàn le yī gè xīn de dòng wù wù zhǒng — — zài bì lǔ piān yuǎn dì qū yī gè xiǎo nǚ hái de bí zi nèi fā xiàn le yǒu zhe fēng lì yá chǐ de shuǐ zhì 。
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2.
He tried to wrench it back, but the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech.
他挣扎着想拔出来，但淤泥就像一个巨大的水蛭一样，紧紧地吸住了他的脚。
tā zhēng zhá zhuó xiǎng bá chū lái , dàn yū ní jiù xiàng yī gè jù dà de shuǐ zhì yí yàng , jǐn jǐn de xī zhù le tā de jiǎo 。
3.
They have also made a logic element out of a pair of leech neurons (nerve cells from blood-sucking worms) placed on a microchip.
他们还用一对放在微芯片上的水蛭神经元（而神经细胞来自血吸虫）组成了一个逻辑元。
tā men hái yòng yí duì fàng zài wēi xīn piàn shàng de shuǐ zhì shén jīng yuán ( ér shén jīng xì bāo lái zì xuè xī chóng ) zǔ chéng le yī gè luó jí yuán 。
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4.
When a leech is about to be sold, it has to be starved for three months to be at its most effective.
当一条水蛭将被出售，它要先被饿上三个月，这样它才能更有效的工作。
dāng yī tiáo shuǐ zhì jiāng bèi chū shòu , tā yào xiān bèi è shàng sān gè yuè , zhè yàng tā cái néng gèng yǒu xiào de gōng zuò 。
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5.
to her mother like a leech.
艾丽象水蛭一般死缠着她母亲。
ài lì xiàng shuǐ zhì yì bān sǐ chán zhe tā mǔ qīn 。
web.cenet.org.cn
6.
The up-to-three-inch-long (about seven-centimeter-long) leech has large teeth, like its dinosaur namesake Tyrannosaurus rex.
这种体型长达三英寸（约合7厘米）的水蛭长有巨大的牙齿，科学家因此借用霸王龙的称呼为其命名。
zhè zhǒng tǐ xíng cháng dá sān yīng cùn ( yuē hé qī lí mǐ ) de shuǐ zhì cháng yǒu jù dà de yá chǐ , kē xué jiā yīn cǐ jiè yòng bà wáng lóng de chēng hu wèi qí mìng míng 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
He was the only person whom she could leech on to.
他是她惟一可依赖的人。
tā shì tā wéi yī kě yī lài de rén 。
8.
WHY would a woman put a leech inside her body, in the most private of female places? Why would she put cayenne pepper there?
为什么女性会把水蛭放在自己体内，放在女性最私秘的身体部位？她为何会往那里放辣椒？
wèi shén me nǚ xìng huì bǎ shuǐ zhì fàng zài zì jǐ tǐ nèi , fàng zài nǚ xìng zuì sī mì de shēn tǐ bù wèi ? tā wèi hé huì wǎng nà li fàng là jiāo ?
cn.nytimes.com
9.
"It's like a disposable syringe, it isn't good sanitary practice to use it twice, " says Gennady Nikonov the director of the Leech Center.
它就像一个可以任意使用的注射器，如果用两次的话，这不符合卫生要求。
tā jiù xiàng yī gè kě yǐ rèn yì shǐ yòng de zhù shè qì , rú guǒ yòng liǎng cì de huà , zhè bù fú hé wèi shēng yāo qiú 。
treasure.1x1y.com.cn
10.
I'll give you another comparison : it's just like a leech that sticks on you ; no matter how we try to pull it off, it won't come off.
再举另外两个比喻来说：那就像一只水蛭吸著在你身上，不管我们怎麽用力去把它拔掉，就是拔它不掉。
zài jǔ lìng wài liǎng gè bǐ yù lái shuō : nà jiù xiàng yī zhī shuǐ zhì xī zhù zài nǐ shēn shàng , bù guǎn wǒ men zěn mó yòng lì qù bǎ tā bá diào , jiù shì bá tā bù diào 。
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