bloodsucker

FREQ #37278

n. 吸血动物, 水蛭, 剥削他人者 [医] 吸血者

发音

US /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɚ/
其它

词形变化

bloodsuckers 复数 bloodsuckers

别名

blood-sucker bloudsucker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

    吸血动物

    吸血者

  2. 2.

    Any parasite.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    Any mosquito, gnat, midge, or other small bug which consumes human blood.

    贬义 非正式
  4. 4.

    One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.

    吸血鬼

    贬义 比喻
  5. 5.

    A vampire.

  6. 6.

    The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

leech hirudinean

上位词 2

annelid segmented worm

下位词 1

horse-leech

词源

From blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.

来源：wiktionary