Leech

(noun.) carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.

(noun.) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.

弗里达编辑

• Let him wander his way, said he--let those leech his wounds for whose sake he encountered them. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The same result has followed from keeping together different varieties of the medicinal leech. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• There are no fears of poison, none of the barb which no leech's hand can extract. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This is the man who is called by Carlyle rabid dog, atrocious, squalid, and Dog-leech--this last by way of tribute to his science. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But I tell you this:--when that young fellow's interest is concerned, he holds as tight as a horse-leech. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• As I turn over the pages, I see my notes upon the repulsive story of the red leech and the terrible death of Crosby, the banker. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• And now, my kind leech, let me enquire of the news abroad. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It's no use plying him with wide words like Expenditure: I wouldn't talk of phlebotomy, I would empty a pot of leeches upon him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Now, you ply him with the 'Trumpet,' Humphrey; and I will put the leeches on him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But lawyers, sharks, and leeches, are not easily satisfied, you know! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Hardly anything real in the shop but the leeches, and _they _are second-hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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