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left-handed是什么意思

left-handed

英 ['left'hændid] 美

adj. 左撇的；用左手的；笨拙的

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。