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.
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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句