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leech

/liːtʃ/C1

用水蛭吸血 (v.) / 水蛭 (n.)

在奇幻、古装剧里极其高频的词。原本指「水蛭、蚂蟥」,在古代欧洲医学里,医生常用它吸血来治疗各种疑难杂症,这里直接作动词,指「用水蛭来进行放血疗法」。

Whatever it is, it needs to be kept quiet.
We should leech it again, maester.
It's a wound that refuses to heal, Grand Maester.
leech — HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S01E01 · ReelWord