leeching
/leech/US // litʃ //UK // (liːtʃ) //
吸食,勒索,沥水,沥血
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : 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.
- : a person who clings to another for personal gain, especially without giving anything in return, and usually with the implication or effect of exhausting the other's resources; parasite.
- : Archaic. an instrument used for drawing blood.
v.有主动词 verb
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- : to apply leeches to, so as to bleed.
- : to cling to and feed upon or drain, as a leech: His relatives leeched him until his entire fortune was exhausted.
- : Archaic. to cure; heal.
v.无主动词 verb
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- : to hang on to a person in the manner of a leech: She leeched on to him for dear life.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as infreeloading
as inbleed
as inbleed
Synonyms
drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠squeeze挤压,挤兑,挤压式,挤出stick棍子,棒子,棍棒,杆子blackmail勒索,敲诈,敲诈勒索,讹诈confiscate充公,充公了,充公的,充公了的deplete耗尽,消耗,消耗掉,穷尽exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风extract提取,摘录,提炼,提取物fleece羊毛衫,羊毛,羊毛毡,羊毛制品impoverish穷困潦倒,贫穷,贫穷化,贫穷的leech水蛭,蛭子,蛭,蚂蟥milk牛奶,奶,牛乳,奶类mulct闷闷不乐,闷声发大财,闷棍,闷闷不乐的overcharge过度收费,过度充电,过量收费,滥收费用pauperize贫穷化,穷困潦倒,沦为穷光蛋,沦为贫民rook洛克,蟑螂,洛克人,鹏程万里sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂skin皮肤,皮肤病,皮肤病患者steal偷盗,盗取,盗窃,窃取strong-arm强大的武器,强壮的臂膀,强大的武装力量,强壮的手臂put the screws to把螺丝放在,把螺丝放到,把螺丝钉放到,把螺丝钉放在
Examples
Improper burial, Dove says, could mean that harmful bacteria are leeching into the waterways.
And not just in our air or leeching into our ocean, but potentially showing up on our plate.
In the second category are those instruments associated with leeching and cupping.
Cupping and leeching were less frequently practiced in the medieval period, although general bloodletting retained its popularity.
In fact, leeching the internal membranes enjoyed quite a vogue in the early nineteenth century.
Broussais offered the following explanation for the effectiveness of leeching.
Then Leeching, after loading his pistol, went to work with his comrade for an hour or so.
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