left-handed
英 ['left'hændid]
美
- adj. 左撇的;用左手的;笨拙的
词态变化
名词: left-handedness;
中文词源
left-handed 左撇子的
即左手的,左撇子的。
英英释意
- 1. using or intended for the lefts hand;
- "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"
- "left-handed scissors"
- 2. (of marriages) illicit or informal;
- "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
- 3. (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
- 4. rotating to the left
- 5. ironically ambiguous;
- "a left-handed compliment"
- 6. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
- "a bumbling mechanic"
- "a bungling performance"
- "ham-handed governmental interference"
- "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
英文词源
- left-handed (adj.)
- late 14c., of persons; 1650s of tools, etc., from left (adj.) + -handed. In 15c. it also could mean "maimed." Sense of "underhanded" is from early 17c., as in left-handed compliment (1787, also attested 1855 in pugilism slang for "a punch with the left fist"), as is that of "illicit" (as in left-handed marriage). Related: Left-handedly; left-handedness.
实用场景例句
- a left-handed golfer
- 左手握杆的高尔夫球手
牛津词典
- I'm left-handed.
- 我是左撇子。
牛津词典
- left-handed scissors
- 左手用的剪刀
牛津词典
- a left-handed serve
- 用左手发球
牛津词典
- She writes left-handed.
- 她用左手写字。
牛津词典
- I noticed she was left-handed...
- 我注意到她是个左撇子。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There is a place in London that supplies practically everything for left-handed people.
- 伦敦有一个地方卖左撇子用品,几乎什么都有。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- That man is left handed man.
- 那个人是个左撇子.
辞典例句
- All polar bears are left handed.
- 所有的北极熊都是左撇子.
期刊摘选
- We also don't want the dog anticipating a right or left handed delivery.
- 我们也不希望狗儿能提前预判出会用哪只手给出奖励.
期刊摘选
- Another important aspect is to play against left handed players.
- 另一个重要方面是同左手选手比赛.
期刊摘选
- I think it's due to being left handed that he's got terrible writing.
- 我想他的书写这么糟糕是因为他是左撇子。
柯林斯例句