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leech 1 AHD[lēch] D.J.[liːtʃ]K.K.[litʃ]n.（名词）- Any of various chiefly aquatic bloodsucking or carnivorous annelid worms of the class Hirudinea, of which one species(Hirudo medicinalis) was formerly used by physicians to bleed patients. 水蛭，蚂蟥，欧洲医蛭：蛭纲环节幼物中几种主要水生吸血或食肉环节蠕虫中的一种，其中的（欧洲医蛭） 过去曾被医生用于为病人放血
- One that preys on or clings to another; a parasite.吸血鬼，寄生虫，食客：寄生于他人或粘着于他人的人；寄生虫
- Archaic A physician.【古语】 医生
v.（动词）leeched, leech.ing, leech.es v.tr.（及物动词）- To bleed with leeches.用水蛭给…放血
- To drain the essence or exhaust the resources of.榨取脂膏或耗尽资源
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To attach oneself to another in the manner of a leech.以寄生的方式依附并榨取他人
- Middle English leche [physician, leech] 中古英语 leche [医生，水蛭]
- from Old English lǣce * see leg- 源自 古英语 lǣce * 参见 leg-
leech 2 AHD[lēch] D.J.[liːtʃ]K.K.[litʃ]n.Nautical（名词）【航海】- Either vertical edge of a square sail.垂直帆缘：横帆的任何一个垂直帆缘
- The after edge of a fore-and-aft sail.纵帆的后帆缘，后缘
- Middle English leche 中古英语 leche
- probably from Middle Low German līk [leech line] * see leig- 可能源自 中古低地德语 līk [帆缘线] * 参见 leig-
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