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left-handed

英 ['left'hændid] 美
  • adj. 左撇的;用左手的;笨拙的

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

双语例句


1. As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip.
我侧一步要躲闪的时候,瓶子打中了我的左髋部。

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2. I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.
我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。

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3. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.
她重振旗鼓去开创自己的事业了。

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4. They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.
他们还留下了一张名片,上面印着肖恩·林奇的名字。

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5. I left Texas and said good riddance to all that.
我离开了得克萨斯州,总算摆脱了那里的一切。

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