| 释义 |
port-ˈsider N. Amer. colloq.
[f. port n.6 (a.) + sider2.]
A left-handed person.
1926Amer. Speech I. 369/2 They [sc. baseball players] are ‘south-paws’ or ‘port-siders’ or ‘side-wheelers’ when they are left-handed. 1945Record (Philadelphia) 28 Oct. 8/2 We despair that portsiders will ever get their rights. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 13 June 20/2 The firm had been printing check-books for Baltimore portsiders for nearly ten years. 1975Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 30 July 2/1 The left-handers of my acquaintance. They're called southpaws, silly-siders and port-siders. |