left-handed
英 [left 'hændɪd] 美 [ˈlɛftˈhændɪd]

adj.

左撇的；左旋的；笨拙的；无诚意的

英英释义

left-handed[ 'left'hændid ]

• adj.
  • using or intended for the left hand

    "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"

  • (of marriages) illicit or informal

    "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"

  • (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

    同义词：morganatic

  • rotating to the left

    同义词：levorotarylevorotatory

  • ironically ambiguous

    "a left-handed compliment"

  • lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

    同义词：bumblingbunglingbutterfingeredham-fistedham-handedhandlessheavy-handed

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. It should be the third street on you left.
   在你左手的第三条街。
2. Your left thumb suffers a comminuted fracture.
   你左手的拇指是粉碎性骨折。

权威例句

Molecular structure of a left-handed double helical DNA fragment at atomic resolution.
Composite right/left-handed transmission line metamaterials
Negative refractive index in left-handed materials
Wang, A. H. J. et al. Molecular structure of a left-handed double helical DNA fragment at atomic resolution. Nature 282, 680-686
The chemistry and biology of left-handed Z-DNA
Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic, left-handed metamaterial
Metals and DNA: molecular left-handed complements
Experimental Observations of a Left-Handed Material That Obeys Snell’s Law
Microwave transmission through a two dimensional, isotropic, left-handed metamaterial
Overcoming the diffraction limit with a planar left-handed transmission-line lens