left-handed

短语
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a. 左撇的, 用左手的, 笨拙的 [医] 善用左手的, 左利的

发音

CA /lɛftˈhændɪd/
其它
US /lɛftˈhændɪd/

词形变化

only 复数

别名

lefthanded

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Left-handed people, taken as a whole.

    仅复数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.

    左利手

    左撇子

  2. 2.

    Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.

  3. 3.

    Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.

  4. 4.

    Awkward or maladroit.

  5. 5.

    Insincere or malicious.

  6. 6.

    Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path

    宗教 哲学
  7. 7.

    Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

bumbling heavy-handed bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless levorotary levorotatory morganatic

反义词 2

right-handed ambidextrous

近义相关 10

left legitimate illegitimate left-hand ambiguous counterclockwise anticlockwise contraclockwise maladroit sinistral

参见 2

left sinistral

词源

From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.

来源：wiktionary