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单词 left side
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left siden.

Brit. /lɛf(t) ˈsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈlɛf(t) ˌsaɪd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: left adj.1, side n.1
Etymology: < left adj.1 + side n.1 Compare left half n. 1, 2.Compare Old English sēo winstre sīde (compare winster adj.).
Often with the and preceding preposition (chiefly on), forming an adverbial phrase.
1. The position or region directly to the left of a person or object of reference.
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12207 Þe ærche-biscop of Lundene eode an his riht honden, and bi his luft side þe [read þe ilke] of Eouerwike.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8206 (MED) Steuene þe bleis mid is ost þe luft side nom.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. ii. 26 She shold sytte on the lyfte syde of the kinge.
1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 55 The court being set, the plaintife came in.., and stood on the left side.
1596 F. Vere Comm. 32 Sir Walter Raleigh came upon my left side with his ship; and very little a head me cast his anchor.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 32 On the left side stands the round of an ancient Chappell.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 194 The Hook is used when the Work stands on the right or left side the Workman.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxi. 143 Wedges..will be necessary to hold the Coulter; the Pole-Wedge before it,..another Wedge on the left Side of it above, and a third on the right Side.
1770 P. Pittman Present State European Settlem. Missisippi 11 The left side is occupied by the king's store-houses.
1854 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 9 Dec. 75/1 The key desk will be in the large square corner pew on the left side.
1868 C. Dickens Let. 2 Apr. (2002) XII. 91 On the left side of the way..is a closely hemmed-in grave yard.
1919 Boston Post 20 Nov. 4 Drivers intending to turn into a left-hand street should be on the left side of the line.
1980 L. Hoy & C. A. Carter Tackle Basketball vi. 89 If on the left side of the basket, turn and pivot on either foot.
2012 M. McLean Under Oath iv. 29 Judge Killam motioned both attorneys to the left side of his bench.
2. The left-hand side of the whole or a part of the body of a person, animal, or other object of reference.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > the left
left handa1200
leftc1225
left side1562
left half1625
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 41 The sinister point..is in the left side of the same escocheon.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 343 Vnto this Cawle, is fastned the Splene on the left side of the belly just over-against the liver.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. ii. 182 Aristotle..affirmeth the heart of man is placed in the left side . View more context for this quotation
1696 W. Cowper in Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 302 The Lumbal pain encreast on the left side.
1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 165 A heavy, dull Pain generally affects the Patient, either on the Right or Left Side.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 99 The pleuretic lying on his left side does not expect pleasure by turning to the other.
1810 Times 26 Apr. 3 Mr. Scott was discovered lying on his left side, upon the pave-stones.
1869 C. Boutell in tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour x. 197 From the hip-belt was suspended, on the left side, the long sword.
1921 Glasgow Herald 19 Feb. 5 The upper part..had a high calyx collar buttoned at the left side.
1961 W. R. Russell & M. L. E. Espir Traumatic Aphasia iv. 43 When examined the day after wounding there was a..loss of all forms of sensation on the left side.
2014 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Sept. 50/3 The hair compromise he finally agreed to is a white strip on the left side.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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