Word · Frequency #19877
leeched
榨取;搜刮
leeched is the past of leech.
核心释义
To drain someone's resources without giving anything back.
- 1.
无回报地消耗(资源)
To drain (resources) without giving back.
- 2.
吸血
draw blood
放血;用蚂蟥吸血;无回报地消耗(资源);吸血;以水蛭吸血;依附并榨取别人
用法In use
In medieval medicine, doctors often leeched patients to treat fevers.
用法提示:此处'leeched'是动词过去式,表示用蚂蟥吸血。
The biologist leeched the frog to collect a blood sample.
用法提示:此处'leeched'是动词过去式,表示通过蚂蟥吸血。
If a leech attaches to your skin, you should not pull it off but let it leech its fill.
用法提示:此处'leech'是动词原形,表示吸血行为。
leech sb/sth
后直接跟被放血的对象。
The doctor leeched the patient.
医生给病人放了水蛭吸血。
leech sth from sb/sth
强调血液的来源。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- leech off
- 依附并榨取;白吃白喝
- He moved back in with his parents and leeched off them for years.他搬回父母家住,多年来一直依附他们白吃白喝。
- leech resources
- 榨取资源
- The corrupt regime leeched the country's resources for decades.腐败政权数十年间一直在榨取这个国家的资源。
- leech the life from
- 吸干…的生命力;榨干
- Constant overtime was leeching the life from her.无休止的加班正在榨干她的生命力。
- leech blood
- 放血;用蚂蟥吸血
- In medieval times, doctors would leech blood from patients to treat illness.中世纪时,医生会给病人放血(用蚂蟥吸血)来治病。
- leech onto
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象蚂蟥(leech)叮在皮肤上吸血,不付出任何回报——记住它榨取资源的行为。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:resource-depletion contexts、medical/historical bloodletting contexts 该动词有两个常见义项:表示“榨取、耗尽(资源等)”时多用于较正式或书面表达;表示“用蚂蟥吸血/放血”则比较常见于医疗或历史叙述中。具体含义需根据上下文判断。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: beach, reach, teach, each, speech all end with /iːtʃ/. Warning: itch (/ɪtʃ/) looks similar but has a different vowel; leek (/liːk/) also looks similar in spelling but sounds different.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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