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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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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