leech

sülük

Genellikle suda yaşayan, insan veya hayvanlara yapışıp kanlarını emen küçük, yumuşak hayvan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A small, soft animal, often living in water, that attaches to people or animals and drinks their blood.

• A leech was on my leg.
• We found leeches in the pond.
• The nurse carefully removed the leech from his skin.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a bloodsucking leech, leech bite

asalak, sülük

Hiçbir karşılık vermeden başkalarından para veya yardım alan kişi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Someone who takes money or help from other people without giving anything back.

• Stop being such a leech.
• She called him a leech for always borrowing money.
• They felt their landlord was a leech who offered nothing in return.

Nasıl kullanılır: a leech on someone/something (He called the dishonest adviser a leech on the family.)

Eş anlamlılar: parasite, freeloader

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a selfish leech, a leech on someone

hekim, tabip

Hastalıkları veya yaralanmaları tedavi eden kişi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A person who treats illnesses or injuries.

• The leech treated the wound.
• The king sent for his leech.
• A village leech gave the sick child a mixture of herbs.

Eş anlamlılar: healer, physician

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: village leech, royal leech

yelken yakası

Kare yelkenin iki dikey yan kenarından biri.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: One of the upright edges of a square sail.

• The sail’s leech was torn.
• A rope ran along the leech of the square sail.
• The sailor inspected both leeches before raising the sail.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: sail leech, leech line

sömürmek, asalaklık yapmak

Karşılığında hiçbir şey vermeden başkalarından para, malzeme veya yardım almak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To take money, supplies, or help from others without giving anything back.

• He leeches off his parents.
• The company leeched resources from the community.
• Why should they keep leeching off everyone else?

Nasıl kullanılır: leech off someone/something (He has been leeching off his relatives for years.); leech something from someone/something (The scheme leeched money from small businesses.)

Eş anlamlılar: mooch, sponge

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: leech off someone, leech resources

sülük uygulamak

Kan emmesi için derisine sülük koyarak birini tedavi etmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To treat someone by placing blood-sucking animals on their skin to remove blood.

• The physician decided to leech the patient.
• They leeched his swollen arm.
• Doctors once leeched patients to remove blood.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: leech a patient, leech someone’s arm