Word · Frequency #27318
lech
好色之徒
a man with strong sexual desires
- 1.
The capstone of a cromlech.
(巨石墓的)顶石
(巨石墓的)顶石；肉欲
In use
At the wedding, a distant relative made rude comments, and everyone agreed he was a lech.
The comedy sketch shows a lech who tries to chat up every woman at the party.
She did not want to sit next to that lech on the bus, so she moved to another seat.
be a lech
lech 作可数名词，指好色的男人。
He is a lech.
他是个好色之徒。
no leching
仿照 No smoking / No parking 的“no + 动名词”结构；lech 作不及物动词，表示好色。
No leching in the office.
办公室里禁止好色行为。
Common mistakes
He is very lech.He is a lech.
lech 是名词，意为“好色之徒”，不是形容词；very 不能修饰名词。中文的“好色”是形容词，英语中对应的名词是 a lech，因此应改为 He is a lech。
He leches every woman he meets.He leches after every woman he meets.
lech 作动词时是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语；要表示“对某人有好色之心”，需加介词 after（口语中也可用 over）。中文“对某人好色”的“对”在英语中体现为 after，不能说 lech someone。
Connections
Collocations
- dirty old lech
- 老色鬼
- The manager was known as a dirty old lech who made the receptionist feel uncomfortable.那个经理是个有名的老色鬼，让前台接待员感到不舒服。
- a bit of a lech
- 有点好色的人
- He's a bit of a lech, always staring at the waitresses.他有点好色，老是盯着女服务员看。
- notorious lech
- 臭名昭著的好色之徒
- The paper exposed the senator as a notorious lech.该报揭露这位参议员是个臭名昭著的好色之徒。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：L像伸出的舌头，CH像滴下的口水——lech就是好色之徒，见异性就垂涎。音近‘乐吃’，把好色当‘吃’得乐此不疲。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：informal conversation、slang, often humorous or disapproving 这个词常见于非正式口语：作名词时多指“好色的男人”，带贬义或戏谑；作不及物动词时指“好色、起色心”，同样是非正式用法。正式书面语中很少用到。
Pronunciation & Spelling
fetch, retch, wretch, sketch, and stretch rhyme with lech: they end in the same /-etʃ/ sound, although they are spelled with -etch. Be careful: leech looks similar but is pronounced /liːtʃ/, so it does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.