| 单词 | leech |
| 释义 | leech leech1 —leechlike, adj. /leech/, n. 1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting. 2. a person who clings to another for personal gain, esp. without giving anything in return, and usually with the implication or effect of exhausting the other's resources; parasite. 3. Archaic. an instrument used for drawing blood. v.t. 4. to apply leeches to, so as to bleed. 5. to cling to and feed upon or drain, as a leech: His relatives leeched him until his entire fortune was exhausted. 6. Archaic. to cure; heal. v.i. 7. to hang on to a person in the manner of a leech: She leeched on to him for dear life. [bef. 900; ME leche, OE laece; r. (by confusion with LEECH2) ME liche, OE lyce; c. MD lieke; akin to OE lucan to pull out, MHG liechen to pull] Syn. 2. bloodsucker; extortioner; sponger. leech2 /leech/, n. Archaic. a physician. [bef. 1150; ME leche, OE laece; c. OS laki, OHG lahhi, Goth lekeis; akin to ON laeknir] leech3 /leech/, n. Naut. 1. either of the lateral edges of a square sail. 2. the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail. See diag. under sail. Also, leach. [1480-90; earlier lek, leche, lyche; akin to D lijk leech, ON lik nautical term of uncert. meaning] |
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