• n. 水蛭；吸血鬼；榨取他人利益的人
• vt. 以水蛭吸血；依附并榨取
• vi. 依附并榨取別人
• n. (Leech)人名；(英)利奇

來自古英語laece,巫師，巫醫，醫生，來自PIE*leg,讀，詞源同legible,lecture.引申詞義念咒，召喚鬼神，后詞義過渡到醫生。因從古希臘時代，水蛭就作為重要的治病工具用于給病人吸血，放血，該詞就逐漸引申水蛭，螞蝗詞義。比較invoke,incantation.

leech (n.1)

"bloodsucking aquatic worm," from Old English l?ce (Kentish lyce), of unknown origin (with a cognate in Middle Dutch lake). Commonly regarded as a transferred use of leech (n.2), but the Old English forms suggest a distinct word, which has been assimilated to leech (n.2) by folk etymology [see OED]. Figuratively applied to human parasites since 1784.

leech (n.2)

obsolete for "physician," from Old English l?ce, probably from Old Danish l?ke, from Proto-Germanic *lekjaz "enchanter, one who speaks magic words; healer, physician" (cognates: Old Frisian letza, Old Saxon laki, Old Norse l?knir, Old High German lahhi, Gothic lekeis "physician"), literally "one who counsels," perhaps connected with a root found in Celtic (compare Irish liaig "charmer, exorcist, physician") and Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian lijekar, Polish lekarz), from PIE *lep-agi "conjurer," from root *leg- "to collect," with derivatives meaning "to speak" (see lecture (n.)).

For sense development, compare Old Church Slavonic baliji "doctor," originally "conjurer," related to Serbo-Croatian bajati "enchant, conjure;" Old Church Slavonic vra?i, Russian vra? "doctor," related to Serbo-Croatian vra? "sorcerer, fortune-teller." The form merged with leech (n.1) in Middle English, apparently by folk etymology. In 17c., leech usually was applied only to veterinary practitioners. The fourth finger of the hand, in Old English, was l?cfinger, translating Latin digitus medicus, Greek daktylus iatrikos, supposedly because a vein from that finger stretches straight to the heart.

1. He's fastening on that poor girl like a leech.

他像螞蟥一樣纏著那個可憐的姑娘。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Leech and Lyons have made different classifications of meanings from different angles.

語言學家Leech和Lyons分別對意義進行了分類.

來自互聯網

3. Jimmy Leech, no one could run like you in school races.

吉米?利查, 在校田徑賽中沒有人跑得像你一樣快.

來自超越目標英語 第4冊

4. It'soon proved its efficacy , and redeemed the leech's pledge.

藥力很快便見了效, 看來醫生說話算數.

來自英漢文學 - 紅字

5. But he hath a godly minister or two with him, and likewise a leech.

只是他有—兩位牧師陪著, 還有一個醫生.

來自英漢文學 - 紅字