leeching

/leech/US // litʃ //UK // (liːtʃ) //

吸食,勒索,沥水,沥血

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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.
- : 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

1
- : 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

as infreeloading

Synonyms

as inbleed

Synonyms

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.

/leech/US // litʃ //UK // (liːtʃ) //

吸食,勒索,沥水,沥血

n.名词 noun

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.
- : 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

1
- : 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

as infreeloading

Synonyms

as inbleed

Synonyms

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.