left-handed
英 ['left'h?ndid]
美
- adj. 左撇的；用左手的；笨拙的
CET4TEM4低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
名詞:?left-handedness;
中文詞源
left-handed 左撇子的
即左手的，左撇子的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip.
- 我側(cè)一步要躲閃的時候，瓶子打中了我的左髖部。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.
- 她重振旗鼓去開創(chuàng)自己的事業(yè)了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.
- 他們還留下了一張名片，上面印著肖恩·林奇的名字。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I left Texas and said good riddance to all that.
- 我離開了得克薩斯州，總算擺脫了那里的一切。
來自柯林斯例句