leech

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leech /liːtʃ/ noun [countable]  1. HBa small soft creature that fixes itself to the skin of animals in order to drink their blood 蚂蟥，水蛭2  USE A PERSONsomeone who takes advantage of other people by taking their money, food etc 依赖他人生活的人，寄生虫，占他人便宜者 → parasite The family began to see him as a leech. 家人开始当他是个寄生虫。Origin leech Old English læce

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leech
leech /liːtʃ/ noun [countable]1. a small soft creature that fixes itself to the skin of animals in order to drink their blood
2. someone who takes advantage of other people by taking their money, food etc ⇨ parasite:
    The family began to see him as a leech.

leechBrE /liːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /liːtʃ/ 🔊 nouna 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. 水蛭；蚂蟥(disapproving) a person who depends on sb else for money, or takes the profit from sb else's work 依赖他人钱财者；攫取他人收益者；寄生虫