این دو کلمه homophones هستند. یعنی در تلفظ یکی ولی در معنی متفاوت هستند.
تعاریف
فعل leach به معنی خالی، خشک یا پاک شده است.
کلمه‌ی leech به صورت اسم در جمله به کار رفته و به معنی زالو، شفا دادن یا وفاداری به شخص دیگری است. اگر این کلمه در جمله به صورت فعل استفاده شود، به معنی زالو انداختن، یا مزاحم شدن است.
مثال‌ها:
Batteries are difficult to dispose of and contain harmful heavy-metal compounds that may leach into the soil.
“The river water was more corrosive than the Detroit system’s and caused more lead to leach from its aging pipes. Lead can be toxic, and children are especially vulnerable.”
Similar to bloodletting, leeches were used to draw out the “bad blood” that medieval physicians believed caused many of their patients’ ailments.
“The sun rose in a cloudless sky, the same as before. We passed a large island without grass or tree or bush. The sun was a leech that sucked the moisture from our flesh.”
“She called him a leech, said he’s always sponging off the rest of us.”
نکات اصطلاحی
اصطلاح leach away (something) یا leach (something) away به معنای فرسایش تدریجی است. به مثال زیر توجه کنید:
– “Normally the excess salt would be leached away as rainwater percolates down through the soil. In dry climates, however, where there isn’t enough rain or irrigation to drive the water down that far, salts can accumulate in the root zone.”
– “‘Nathan? Are you awake?’ The sweetness quickly leached away at the touch of Roiphe’s nasal voice, leaving a sourness tinged with anxiety, which, Nathan understood, was his default reaction to Roiphe.”
تمرین:
(a) “It’s not pollution that makes the water so black; tannic acid naturally _____ into the river from cypress and pine trees growing along the shoreline.”
(b) In modern medicine, _____ are used in reconstructive surgery to provide a vacuum effect that helps stimulate blood circulation.
پاسخ تمرین‌ها:
(a) “It’s not pollution that makes the water so black; tannic acid naturally leaches into the river from cypress and pine trees growing along the shoreline.”
(b) In modern medicine, leeches are used in reconstructive surgery to provide a vacuum effect that helps stimulate blood circulation.
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